Salem Harbor by Fitz Henry Lane 1853
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Salem Harbor by Fitz Henry Lane 1853
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Movie Poster Prints
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Painting - Oil On Canvas
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Salem Harbor by Fitz Henry Lane 1853
This view of Massachusetts Bay south of Cape Ann would be better titled Off Salem Harbor as, judging by the distant mainland, the setting is two to three miles offshore. It is possibly Lane’s most fanciful depiction of shipping activity, painted for Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr., part of a prominent Salem shipping family who had as much an eye for ships’ sails and rigging detail as Lane had. The largest ship, at the right, may have been owned by Silsbee or his father.
Fitz Henry Lane December 19, 1804 to August 14, 1865 was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light.
Born on in Gloucester, Massachusetts and from the time of his birth, Lane would be exposed to the sea and maritime life—a factor that obviously had a great impact his later choice of subject matter.
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