Old Canal Port
Oscar Florianus Bluemner · 1914
Why it's great
White houses with red roofs reflect in a still canal framed by dark green trees, in a painting by Oscar Bluemner from 1914. Bluemner treated color like music, and this picture shows a very quiet harmony.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
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Oscar Bluemner was a German-born American painter, born in Prenzlau in 1867. An architect by training, he moved to the United States in 1892 and made paintings of the New Jersey landscape in strong flat colors, especially red. He died in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1938.
