TitleTwilight
Artist
James A. Suydam
(American, 1819 - 1865)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 6 × 12 in.
Framed: 9 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 1 5/8 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1230-P
Label Text"Twilight" is an exquisite illustration of Suydam's mastery of tonal gradation. The silhouetted windmill in the foreground symbolizes the early evening's perfect stillness. Its sharply delineated form gives no sense of movement. In the waning sunlight, the emerging moon is a barely visible sliver in the bright orange sky.
