Sunrise over Fishing Waters--Maine
Object Details
- Artist
- William E. Norton, born Boston, MA 1843-died New York City 1916
- Luce Center Label
- William E. Norton lived in Boston but spent a great deal of time painting on the coast of Maine. He preferred to work outdoors and probably painted Sunrise over Fishing Waters—Maine during one of his summer trips to the coast. Rather than paint every detail, Norton used delicate dabs of paint to quickly capture the overall scene like the sun's reflection in the water, the breaking waves, and the small sails off in the distance.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin
- ca. 1880
- Object number
- 1982.1.32
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on wood mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 8 1/4 x 13 in. (21.0 x 33.0 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 10A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Waterscape\coast
- Landscape\Maine
- Waterscape\sea\Atlantic Ocean
- Waterscape\time\sunrise
- Record ID
- saam_1982.1.32
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk744a7559a-0c18-4bfe-8dab-a13936ccee25
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