The Fisherman's Wedding Party

1892

Thomas Moran American, 1837-1926

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About the Artwork

In the late nineteenth century, many American artists were drawn to Venice with its dazzling light and exotic and colorful appearance. Fisherman’s Wedding Party is the culmination of Moran’s ability to capture the luminous city. While using a light, cool palette to render the atmosphere of the lagoon, the artist focuses on the colorful fishing boats that were one of the marvels of the city.

Moran was so impressed by Venice that he shipped an ornate gondola back to his home in East Hampton, Long Island. He employed a Mohawk Indian, George Fowler, to pole the gondola around the grounds as a popular diversion for family and guests.

Title The Fisherman's Wedding Party

Artwork Date 1892

Artist Thomas Moran

Life Dates 1837-1926

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

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Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 24 × 33 inches (61 × 83.8 cm) Framed: 36 1/4 × 45 3/16 × 5 inches (92.1 × 114.8 × 12.7 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Bequest of Alfred J. Fisher

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 67.118

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Signed Signed and dated, lower right: TMoran | 1892

Provenance

ca. 1927-1928, Howard Young Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
Alfred J. Fisher.
1967-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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