The Falls of St. Anthony (1848)
Seth Eastman1848 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1875)
Specifications
- Year
- 1848
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1808–1875
About the artwork
"The Falls of St. Anthony" (1848) is a work by Seth Eastman. About the period around 1848: The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Background on Landscape: 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. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place.
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About the artist
American, 1808–1875
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