Madison Square, Snow

Madison Square, Snow by Allen Tucker

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in.) framed: 66 x 76.2 cm (26 x 30 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of the Allen Tucker Memorial

Accession Number

1971.13.2

Art Historical Context

Behold *Madison Square, Snow* (1904), a captivating oil on canvas by American painter Allen Tucker, measuring 20 x inches. This intimate yet evocative work captures a serene winter moment in New York City's Madison Square, blanketed in fresh snow. The medium of oil on canvas allows Tucker to render the subtle play of light on icy surfaces and the soft hush of urban stillness, evoking the crisp atmosphere of early 20th-century city life. Created during a time of rapid urbanization in Gilded Age New York, the painting reflects Madison Square's role as a bustling cultural hub—home to the grand ...

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