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A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo
1885
Thomas Moran
Born: Bolton, England 1837
Died: Santa Barbara, California 1926
oil on wood
15 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (39.4 x 32.4 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
1968.120.2
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
Thomas Moran traveled to Cuba and Mexico in 1883, making many sketches of the landscape. In this image, we gaze through an archway of dark trees to a sunny hacienda on the banks of Lake Cuitzeo. In the foreground a lone figure sits in deep shadows by a pool of water. This intimate scene, which emphasizes the beauty and quietness of nature on a small scale, is very different from the dramatic panoramas of mountains and canyons that were Moran’s trademark.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Landscape - lake - Lake Cuitzeo
Landscape - Mexico
Landscape - water
Waterscape - boat
painting
paint - oil
wood
About Thomas Moran
Born: Bolton, England 1837 Died: Santa Barbara, California 1926
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