Fox River near New Harmony

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Fox River near New Harmony

Date

Fall 1832

Dimensions

11 15/16 × 14 5/8 in. (30.3 × 37.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.64

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Following an excursion along the Fox River, Maximilian described its waters as "clear and dark green, the visible ground at the bottom completely covered with shells." He also remarked upon the beauty of the surrounding forest in which "tall, widely ramified, colossal Platanus trees were shining snow white in the densely entangled thicket." Bodmer produced several finished watercolors of the wilderness landscape near New Harmony which include aspects of the scene described by Maximilian.

References in Journal

December 5, 1832

Labels:

genre, riverscape , New Harmony, Indiana , Fox River

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Harmony, Indiana