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Restoration and Expansion: The Late Nineteenth CenturyBlakelock, Ralph Albert

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Artwork Facts

Ralph Albert Blakelock

1847-1919
Landscape with Moon
circa 1885-1890
oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
signed lower right
Gift of the Benwood Foundation (by exchange)
1977.14
Mansion: After the Civil War (Gallery 5)

Analysis

Blakelock has fascinated generations of viewers with his mysterious landscape paintings. In the 1870s, Blakelock began to evolve from more factual images to more introspective and personal interpretations of landscape, much like the work of his contemporaries George Inness and Albert Pinkham Ryder. His work became almost abstract with its dark colors and overall lacy pattern of foliage.