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Sunset and Moonrise on the Great Chief, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Stuart, James Everett 1852-1941  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
North Central Washington Museum 127 South Mission Wenatchee Washington 98801 Accession Number: 85-129-1
Date:
1894
Notes:
North Central Washington Museum, 1988.
Image on file.
(Signature on front) (Dated on back) signed
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
View of the setting sun over the Columbia River with a large rock formation bearing the resemblance of an Indian Chief on the the left. Along the shore in the foreground there is a campfire beside of row of tepees, and near the water Native Americans pull canoes up on shore. In the background the palisades of the Cascade Mountains are visible on the right side of the Columbia River.
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this
Landscape--River--Columbia River  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Tepee  Search this
Architecture--Other--Campsite  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Canoe  Search this
Landscape--Rocks  Search this
Landscape--Mountain--Cascade Mountains  Search this
Control number:
IAP 56730006
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_367331