Tangiers
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Arnold W. Brunner
Accession Number
1948-47-14
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Tangiers** *Arnold William Brunner (American, 18571925), 1891* Landscape | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Arnold. Brunner Arnold William Brunner, a prominent American architect and artist active in the late 19 and early 20th, captured the exotic allure of Tangiers in this 1891 landscape. Created during a period when American artists increasingly ventured abroad for inspiration, the work reflects the era's fascination with North African locales amid the waning Ottoman influence and rising European colonial interests. Tangiers, a bustling port city at the Strait of Gibral...