The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere | |
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Artist | Grant Wood |
Year | 1931 |
Medium | Oil on masonite |
Dimensions | 76 cm × 100 cm (30 in × 40 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood. It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts. It was inspired by the 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[1] Wood used a child's hobby horse as model for Revere's horse.[2]
The painting is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is not on view as of August 2024.[1]