Francis Augustus Silva

Francis Augustus Silva
BornOctober 4, 1835
New York City, U.S.
DiedMarch 31, 1886 (aged 50)
New York City, U.S.
MovementAmerican Luminism
Evening (1881), New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain (Connecticut)

Francis Augustus Silva (October 4, 1835 – March 31, 1886)[1] was an American Luminist painter of the Hudson River School.[2] His specialty was marine scenes, particularly of the Atlantic coast,[3] a genre in which he masterfully captured the subtle gradations of light in the coastal atmosphere. He focused on romantic scenes, avoiding depictions of seaside recreation, even when painting scenes at Coney Island,[2] which was then already a popular recreational area.

  1. ^ New-York Historical Society. (1982). American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society : a catalog of the collection, including historical, narrative, and marine art. Koke, Richard J. Boston. Mass.: Published by the New York Historical Society in association with G.K. Hall. p. 138. ISBN 0-8161-0364-X. OCLC 9943900.
  2. ^ a b Weinberg, Helene Barbara; Bolger, Doreen; Curry, David Park (1994). American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-87099-700-6.
  3. ^ Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. (2001). An American collection : works from the Amon Carter Museum. Junker, Patricia A., Gillham, Will. (1st ed.). New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Amon Carter Museum. p. 94. ISBN 1-55595-198-8. OCLC 46641783.