Topic in art
Vor der Vollendung (Before the Completion ), 1873-1876, by Paul Friedrich Meyerheim
Criteria
A locomotive or train can play many roles in art, for example:
As the main subject of a painting, sculpture, or photograph
As a work of art in itself in addition to most functional considerations, especially in streamlined steam locomotives and luxury passenger accommodations of the early 20th century, known also as the Machine Age
As a subject for a novel or film
As a metaphor in song or poetry, particularly for physical power or directed movement (physical, romantic (phallic) or other), as in Fisherman's Blues "I wish I was the brakeman
on a hurtling, fevered train
crashing headlong into the heartland
like a cannon in the rain" In 1978, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris held the exhibition "Les Temps des Gares" with the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels , the National Railway Museum in York , and the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology in Milan .
In 2008, Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery held an exhibition entitled: "Art in the Age of Steam."
Trains in specific artworks
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare Claude Monet The following list is in chronological order, oldest to youngest:
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway J. M. W. Turner , 1844The Berlin-Potsdam Railway Adolph von Menzel , 1847Gnome Watching Railway Train Carl Spitzweg , 1848The Lackawanna Valley George Inness , 1855The Railway Station William Powell Frith , 1862The Travelling Companions Augustus Egg , 1862Lordship Lane Station , by Camille Pissarro , c. 1870The Railway Édouard Manet , 1872Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare Claude Monet , c. 1877Le Pont de l'Europe , by Gustave Caillebotte , 1880Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley Paul Cézanne , 1882–1885The Lineman , by L A Ring , 1884States of Mind I:The Farewells Umberto Boccioni , 1911[ 1] The Anxious Journey , by Giorgio de Chirico , 1913Railroad Sunset , by Edward Hopper , 1929Train in the Station , by Raoul Dufy , 1935[ 2] Time Transfixed René Magritte , 1938Rolling Power , by Charles Sheeler , 1939[ 3] The Race , by Thomas Hart Benton, 1942[ 4] Night Train Train in Evening (1957), Station in the Forest (1960) and The Sacrifice of Iphigenia Paul Delvaux Horse and Train Alex Colville , 1954[ 5] Chair Car , by Edward Hopper, 1965[ 2] The Sources of Country Music , by Thomas Hart Benton , 1975[ 6] Autumn of Steam , by Terence Cuneo , 1979[ 2] Jim Beam - J.B. Turner Train , by Jeff Koons , 1986[ 7] Brick Train David Mach , 1997
Artists specialising in trains
In the United Kingdom the Guild of Railway Artists is a group of painters of railway subjects.
See also
References
^ "Umberto Boccioni. States of Mind I: The Farewells. 1911 | MoMA" . The Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved November 10, 2022 .^ a b c 10 paintings that pay homage to the train - Art Shortlist ^ "New SF exhibit captures that other era when Americans were obsessed with new technology" . The Mercury News . Retrieved November 10, 2022 .^ The Race (also titled Homeward Bound) – Works – Terra Foundation for American Art ^ "Alex Colville, Horse and Train, 1954" . Art Canada Institute - Institut de l’art canadien . Retrieved November 10, 2022 .^ Perry, J. J. "Thomas Hart Benton mural depicts country music history" . The Herald-Times . Retrieved November 10, 2022 . ^ "Jeff Koons, Jim Beam—J.B. Turner Train, 1986" . whitney.org . Retrieved November 10, 2022 .
Further reading
External links
Trains in art at Wikimedia Commons
