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Howard McLean

Evening Promenade, 1912

Description

Maker

  • Howard McLean, 1879 - 1952, American

Title

Evening Promenade

Year

1912

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

102.2 x 127 cm (40 3/16 x 50 inches)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stambler

Object Number

1991.118

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

In this depiction of ordinary New Yorkers gathering at a ferry slip on a summer evening, McLean includes dapper men in straw boaters, young women with parasols, and children awaiting the return of a working parent. Waterfront landing slips for ferries carrying passengers between Manhattan and Brooklyn, Staten Island, and New Jersey attracted both commuters and strollers seeking cool breezes.

Such scenes of docks, urban tenements, street fairs, excavations, and saloons appealed to a group of early 20th-century painters dubbed the Ashcan School. They employed bold brushstrokes and brilliant, saturated color to convey the vitality of the city and its dwellers.

American Paintings from the Museum's Collection

February 10 - April 1, 1999

George Bellows, The Eight, and the American Scene

July 7 - September 2, 1995

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

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