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In art, a 'nocturne' its broader sense distinguishes paintings of a night scene, [3] or night-piece, such as Rembrandt's The Night Watch, or the German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich's Two Men Contemplating the Moon of 1819.
In America, James Abbott McNeill Whistler titled works thus to distinguish those paintings with a "dreamy, pensive mood" by applying the musical term, [4] and likewise also titled (and retitled) works using other music expressions, such as a "symphony", "harmony", "study" or "arrangement", to emphasize the tonal qualities and the composition and to de-emphasize the narrative content. [5] The use of the term "nocturne" can be associated with the Tonalist movement of the American of the late 19th century and early 20th century which is "characterized by soft, diffused light, muted tones and hazy outlined objects, all of which imbue the works with a strong sense of mood." [6] Along with winter scenes, nocturnes were a common Tonalist theme. [7] Frederic Remington used the term as well for his nocturne scenes of the American Old West. [8] [9]
In northern Europe, Dutch Golden Age painting produced some nocturnes, though Rembrandt's (1606–1669) only real work in the genre is his Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1647, National Gallery of Ireland), which is set within a nocturnal landscape. [10] His large group portrait, The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (1642), is popularly known as The Night Watch, although it is not a night scene. [11]
"Nocturne" was a term that was normally applied to certain types of musical compositions before James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), inspired by the language of music, began using the word within the titles of many of his works, [14] such as Nocturne in Blue and Silver (1871), in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. [15]
Frederic Remington (1861–1909) is so identified for his nocturne scenes of the American Old West [16] that they were celebrated in 2003–2004 with an exhibition, Frederic Remington: The Color of Night, co-organized and shown in turn by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [17] The exhibition also generated a colorful book of the same title and travelled to the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. Remington painted many of his nocturnes in the last years of his life, when he was transitioning from a career as an illustrator to that of a fine artist and had chosen Impressionism as the style in which he worked at the time. One example of his work is The Stampede (also known as The Stampede by Lightning, 1908).
The paintings pictured in the gallery below are in order of date completed, left to right:
Other artists who also created nocturne scenes are:
This page is currently being
merged. After a discussion, consensus to merge this page with Night in paintings (Western art) was found. You can help implement the merge by following the instructions at Help:Merging and the resolution on the discussion. Process started in November 2023. |
The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a
worldwide view of the subject. (April 2023) |
In art, a 'nocturne' its broader sense distinguishes paintings of a night scene, [3] or night-piece, such as Rembrandt's The Night Watch, or the German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich's Two Men Contemplating the Moon of 1819.
In America, James Abbott McNeill Whistler titled works thus to distinguish those paintings with a "dreamy, pensive mood" by applying the musical term, [4] and likewise also titled (and retitled) works using other music expressions, such as a "symphony", "harmony", "study" or "arrangement", to emphasize the tonal qualities and the composition and to de-emphasize the narrative content. [5] The use of the term "nocturne" can be associated with the Tonalist movement of the American of the late 19th century and early 20th century which is "characterized by soft, diffused light, muted tones and hazy outlined objects, all of which imbue the works with a strong sense of mood." [6] Along with winter scenes, nocturnes were a common Tonalist theme. [7] Frederic Remington used the term as well for his nocturne scenes of the American Old West. [8] [9]
In northern Europe, Dutch Golden Age painting produced some nocturnes, though Rembrandt's (1606–1669) only real work in the genre is his Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1647, National Gallery of Ireland), which is set within a nocturnal landscape. [10] His large group portrait, The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (1642), is popularly known as The Night Watch, although it is not a night scene. [11]
"Nocturne" was a term that was normally applied to certain types of musical compositions before James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), inspired by the language of music, began using the word within the titles of many of his works, [14] such as Nocturne in Blue and Silver (1871), in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. [15]
Frederic Remington (1861–1909) is so identified for his nocturne scenes of the American Old West [16] that they were celebrated in 2003–2004 with an exhibition, Frederic Remington: The Color of Night, co-organized and shown in turn by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [17] The exhibition also generated a colorful book of the same title and travelled to the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. Remington painted many of his nocturnes in the last years of his life, when he was transitioning from a career as an illustrator to that of a fine artist and had chosen Impressionism as the style in which he worked at the time. One example of his work is The Stampede (also known as The Stampede by Lightning, 1908).
The paintings pictured in the gallery below are in order of date completed, left to right:
Other artists who also created nocturne scenes are: