Henry Farrer, White Scene in Moonlight, 1869, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper, Morris K. Jesup Fund, Martha & Barbara Fleischman, Katherine & Frank Martucci Gifts, 1999, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Title: Winter Scene in Moonlight, 1869
Artist: Henry Farrer (1844-1903)
The night can be endless in the Northern Hemisphere, often dark and cold, forcing us to shelter inside. Yet, sometimes, the moon arises high in the heavens, illuminating the earth in brilliant light as in the snowscape above. When it seems like daylight at midnight, the sky a luminous blue dominated by the radiance of our nearest celestial body. Appearing so close, hovering above the winter trees, their branches bare, casting shadows on the white ground.
Although created by artist Henry Farrer in 1869 while living in Brooklyn, New York, we can still share this magical moment with him. Communicating to us across the centuries of time, the hypnotic as well as haunting presence of nature and eternity.
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