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Fitz Henry Lane

1804

WA-00048733

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WikidataQ462404

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=2786
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

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Why this artist matters now

Fitz Henry Lane was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 95% · Updated 9d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (7)

Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay

1863 · oil on canvas

overall: 62.5 x 96.8 cm (24 5/8 x 38 1/8 in.) framed: 97.8 x 129.5 x 10.2 cm (38 1/2 x 51 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Becalmed off Halfway Rock

1860 · oil on canvas

design size: 70.4 x 120.5 cm (27 11/16 x 47 7/16 in.) framed: 90.2 x 140 x 6.4 cm (35 1/2 x 55 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of Gloucester, Mass.

1855 · lithograph

image: 549 x 906 mm sheet: 680 x 1019 mm

National Gallery of Art

New York Harbor

1852 · oil on canvas

overall: 59.7 x 88.9 cm (23 1/2 x 35 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815

1850 · oil on canvas

overall: 71.12 × 106.68 cm (28 × 42 in.) framed: 89.85 × 125.1 × 6.03 cm (35 3/8 × 49 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance

1846 · oil on canvas

Framed: 66 x 104.8 x 14 cm (26 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 43.2 x 68.6 cm (17 x 27 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.

1835 · lithograph

Sheet: 47.8 x 62.2 cm (18 13/16 x 24 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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7 published of 13 catalogued · 13 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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2 entries · 1 sources

View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass.
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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View of the Town of Gloucester, Mass. (1835–36)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance (c. 1846–1847)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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