I’m not sure where this is, but Italian-American painter Alessandro Guaccimanni lived near Madison Square in the 1890s.
This ultra-fashionable neighborhood in Gilded Age New York is the setting of some of his other equally haunting and moody works. But it could be Union Square, even beside Central Park.
Tags: " New York street scenes, "Twilight in New York, Alessandro Guaccimanni, Madison Square in the 1890s, Madison Square NYC, New York in the 1890s, paintings of New York City
January 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm |
Wonder if he wanted his unknown isolation to remain. His solitary paintings are unique, that’s for sure.
January 10, 2011 at 3:02 pm |
Good point. I think the ambiguity makes the painting more captivating.
November 2, 2011 at 9:05 pm |
What an overlooked work of art and local history. Just gorgeous. Thanks for this.