Pueblo at Sunset (Laguna) (1901; United States) by Thomas Moran

Pueblo at Sunset (Laguna) - Thomas Moran - 1901; United States

Artwork Information

TitlePueblo at Sunset (Laguna)
ArtistThomas Moran
Date1901; United States
Mediumoil,canvas
Dimensions50.8 x 29.8 cm
Art MovementRomanticism
Current LocationBuffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY, US

About Pueblo at Sunset (Laguna)

“Pueblo at Sunset (Laguna),” created by Thomas Moran in 1901, is an oil painting on canvas that embodies the Romanticism art movement. The dimensions of the artwork are 50.8 x 29.8 cm. This landscape and cloudscape painting is housed in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, United States.

The artwork conveys a serene scene at sunset, where the sky bursts into a fiery display of golden and orange hues, gradually blending into cooler tones of blue and purple as one moves towards the horizon. The sun, sinking low, casts a warm light over a pueblo village, situated on the right side of the canvas. The village structures, primarily made of what appears to be adobe, are shadowed in dark browns, contrasting starkly with the illuminated sky. Silhouettes of figures are discernible against the fading daylight, adding a human element to the landscape. The foreground is composed of rugged, earthy terrain, leading the viewers’ eye towards the glowing sky and the distant, tranquil community. Throughout the piece, Moran’s adept brushwork captures the ethereal quality of the scene, evoking a sense of both peace and awe.

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