Robert C. Minor, Great Silas at Night, 1890, oil on paperboard, 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.48
Free to use
Copied
Artwork Details
- Title
- Great Silas at Night
- Artist
- Date
- 1890
- Location
- Dimensions
- 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.7 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of William T. Evans
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on paperboard
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape — rocks
- Waterscape — time — night
- Waterscape — coast
- Waterscape — sea
- Object Number
- 1909.7.48
Artwork Description
In Great Silas at Night, Robert Minor created a small yet dramatic nighttime image of waves crashing against the rocks. Minor was living in Greenwich Village in 1890, and this may be a view of the New York or Connecticut coastline. A pinpoint of light from a lighthouse is just visible in the distance, emphasizing the scale of the waves and the potential danger that faced ships sailing off the coast.
