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The Close of Day
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Charles Melville Dewey was among the practitioners of American tonalism, a style of painting characterized by muted colors and soft-edged, atmospheric effects. The Close of Day captures that fleeting moment as shadows gather and the sun slips beneath the horizon. In the foreground, light reflected in puddles highlights the cart tracks in a dirt road that leads to a house with a smoking chimney, seen in the distance.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Close of Day. n.d.. Charles Melville Dewey, born Lowville, NY 1849-died New York City 1937. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans. CC0.
