Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Night procession
Currier & Ives.Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1907)
Specifications
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1835–1907
About the artwork
"Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Night procession" is a work by Currier & Ives.. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is landscape. Background on Landscape: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism.
"Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Night procession" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
American, 1835–1907
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