Howard McLean

Evening Promenade

Maker

Howard McLean (American, 1879 - 1952)

Title

Evening Promenade

Year

1912

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

102.2 x 127 cm (40 1/4 x 50 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stambler

Object Number

1991.118

Type

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

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
Feb 10, 1999 – Apr 01, 1999
George Bellows, The Eight, and the American Scene
Jul 07, 1995 – Sep 02, 1995
From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993

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Tombstone

Howard McLean (American, 1879 - 1952)
Evening Promenade, 1912
Oil on canvas
102.2 x 127 cm (40 1/4 x 50 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stambler 1991.118

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