Dwight W. Tryon - Midsummer Moonrise, 1892

Dwight W. Tryon - Midsummer Moonrise, 1892
oil on wood, 48.7 x 65.1 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Theodor Von Hörmann - Moonrise After the Harvest, before 1892

Theodor Von Hörmann - Moonrise After the Harvest, before 1892
oil on canvas, 38 x 55 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka - A Wandering Poet, 1891

 

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka - A Wandering Poet, 1891

Print shows the poet Matsuo Bashō as an old man, a traveler, stopping to talk with two men having tea by the roadside.

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Lovers on a moonlit lane, 1873

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Lovers on a moonlit lane, 1873
oil on card, 36 x 22.8 cm
Private collection

Victor Prouvé - Love for the Moon, 1884

 

Victor Prouvé - Love for the Moon, 1884
pen and ink on paper

Edward Moran - Life Saving Patrol, ca. 1893

Edward Moran - Life Saving Patrol, ca. 1893
oil on canvas, 91.6 x 138.4 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Many of Edward Moran’s paintings show powerful scenes of shipwrecks and storms that emphasize the struggle between man and nature. In Life Saving Patrol, however, the sea and the sky appear relatively calm. The dramatic scale of the lifeguard against the moonlit water suggests a balance of power between the ocean and the brave men who risk their lives to rescue its victims.

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Moonlit Night, 1883

 

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm - Moonlit Night, 1883
oil on canvas, 139 cm x 110 cm
Private collection