Paul Cornoyer painted a darkened, rain-slicked Madison Square Park around the turn of the century.
Madison Square looks almost the same on a rainy evening more than a hundred years later, doesn’t it?
Tags: artists in New York City, Madison Square Park, New York City 1900, New York paintings 1900, paintings of New York City, Paul Cornoyer
Ephemeral New York 
April 24, 2010 at 12:33 pm |
I was there a few days ago. Brought back memories, that’s for sure. But in the painting are we looking at 26th Street and 5th Avenue where the buildings are?
April 24, 2010 at 7:26 pm |
one side is 23rd and B’wy so I dont think so….one of my favorite spots in Flat Iron
April 24, 2010 at 8:42 pm |
No, I think that’s 25th and 5th, going up to 26th on the right side of the painting, looking at the west side of 5th Avenue. We’re standing near Madison Avenue looking west.
April 25, 2010 at 1:09 pm |
it’s about here
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April 25, 2010 at 4:54 pm |
Your site is a gem. I am so happy to have stumbled on it.
April 25, 2010 at 8:33 pm |
Thank you so much!
July 15, 2010 at 10:45 pm |
What a fabulous picture. You can almost smell the water as it hits the concrete.
February 28, 2013 at 4:32 am |
[…] in his day, his typically rainy, muted depictions of New York City sold well and earned him fame, particularly “The Plaza After Rain” (below) and […]
August 23, 2013 at 4:12 pm |
I was in a small-town art gallery a few weeks ago was completely enchanged by a painting that listed no name, no artist. We didn’t buy it that day, but my husband surprised me with it for our anniversary. He neglected, however, to ask the art dealer who the artist was! I’ve been image searching Google for a while and stumbled across the image shown above of Madison Square Park and noted the similar style (I am by no means an art buff, I just like what I like!). I clicked and found name, “The Plaza After Rain” and artist I had been searching for! Thank you!
August 23, 2013 at 5:42 pm |
You’re welcome! Cornoyer should be better known; his work is magical and enchanting.
September 9, 2016 at 7:50 am |
[…] I don’t know the name of this painting, but the artist, Paul Cornoyer, often depicted Madison Square and other well-traveled hubs of the Gilded Age city, especially after a rainstorm. […]