Falls of Niagra

Falls of Niagara, by Colin Hunter, ARA, 1841-1904. 1890. Oil on canvas. H 44.5 x W 66.9 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. Accession no. 862. Bequeathed by Adam Teacher, 1898. Credit: Glasgow Life Museums. Image downloaded from Art UK under the terms of the the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND).

This was one of the works inspired by his visit to America in 1884, in fact one of several worked up from his sketches at that time. It looks remarkably fresh for a reminiscence. The expansive view diminishes the scale of the Falls themselves, although the natural feature still looks impressive because of its width and the plumes of white spray. — Jacqueline Banerjee

Bibliography

Falls of Niagara. Art UK. Web. 30 October 2022.


Created 30 October 2022