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Long Island Beach, New York c. 1879 AB187910 Costume Men and women in jackets, trousers and black and brown longsleeve bathingdresses, hats and parasols. Children in dresses, jackets and trousers. None. Actions Portrait time at the seaside as the photographer captures a family. In the background, the puppet show plays on (1). Commentary This very crisp rendering brings colors and details from the past to the present. Although we tend to think about painting as an art about color, technique and form, it can also, as we see here, provide us with a "snapshot" of the past, including social documentation, fashion, family life, and entertainments. Source Samuel S. Carr, "Beach Scene," Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass., bequest of Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn. Scanned from Ronald G. Pisano, Long Island Landscape Painting, 1820-1920, A New York Graphic Society Book, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1985. Also found in Ann S. Olson, editor, At the Water's Edge, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, 1989. 1 picture. |
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