A View of Popocatépetl from Cuautla
painter
Denman Waldo Ross
(Cincinnati, Ohio, 1853 - 1935, London)
Date1923
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumOil on canvas board
Dimensions25 x 35 cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11w15
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThe Mexican stratovolcano Popocatépetl takes center stage in this oil painting by Denman Ross. Ross painted this scene while touring Mexico with his cousin, Louise M. Nathurst, in 1923; it is one of the many colorful landscapes he painted during his travels around the world, from Tokyo, Japan to the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In a letter to Isabella during the pair’s time in Cuaulta, Mexico Nathurst wrote: “it takes Denman a little time to start painting in a new country and he was tired out when we first reached here but now he is at it heart and soul so no doubt we will return with all sorts of records of the life in Mexico”. On June 14, 1923, Ross gave this canvas to Isabella Stewart Gardner.
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID10865
Source ID132
