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| Keywords: Moore, Charles Herbert, Snow Squall, 1865-66.jpg en Charles Herbert Moore American 1840 “1930 Snow Squall 1865 “66 Watercolor and touches of graphite on cream wove paper 14 3 x 22 7 cm 5 5/8 x 8 15/16 in Gift of Miss Elizabeth Huntington Moore the artist's daughter presented by Mrs Frank Jewett Mather Jr x1955-68 Moore ™s exquisite watercolor landscapes and nature studies were inspired by the teachings of John Ruskin who singled out watercolor as the ideal medium with which to celebrate nature ”specifically and accurately ”as the embodiment of the divine Created relatively early in Moore ™s career while he was living in the Catskill Mountains Snow Squall expressively captures a wintry landscape at twilight with the arc of clouds above signifying a passing storm The same undulating forms reappear in the later and more minutely rendered Mount Washington where the iconic New Hampshire peak rises with quiet grandeur above an idyllic valley as observed in late autumn Thanks to the persistence and dedication of pioneering director Frank Jewett Mather Jr 1922 “46 the Princeton University Art Museum is one of the leading repositories of Moore ™s work together with Harvard ™s Fogg Art Museum where Moore served as its first director 1896 “1901 1865-66 Princeton University Art Museum Charles Herbert Moore other versions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard American art in the Princeton University Art Museum 1865 American drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1865 Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1865 Watercolor paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1865 Watercolor paintings by Charles Herbert Moore Snowy landscapes in art | ||||
