Environs of Boston
early 20th century
20th century
43 cm x 73 cm (16 15/16 in. x 28 3/4 in.)
Dana Pond
(Winchester, Massachusettes, 1881 - 1962, Winchester, Massachusettes)
Primary
Object Type:
painting
Artist Nationality:
North America, American
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Latane Temple, 1985
Accession Number:
1985.115
Object Description:
Following in the tradition of 17th century Dutch landscape painting, Dana Pond devotes a third of the canvas to the New England sky. The newly-constructed Boston Custom House Tower—the tallest building in the city at the time—hazily appears in the distance.