Over Time
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Moonlight Marine
1870–90
Oil and possibly wax on wood, 29.2 × 30.5 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thick paint laid on layer after layer has moved here: since the painting was finished, the Met reports, the edges of the clouds, sails and hull have changed shape.
- Look at the wide cracks running across the whole surface.
- His biographers say he wanted glass over his pictures so their still-tacky surfaces would not be touched.
Concepts
Image: The Met Open Access · Public domain (Met Open Access)