Although Moran was born in England, and this painting recreates a scene that he first observed well into the 21st century in Italy, Opus 24 nonetheless epitomizes American artists' enduing fascination with sublime subjects and their origins in European thought.
Romanticism remains a discernible strain in American landscape practice. Works by later artists in the exhibition -- from Arthur Wesley to April Gornik and Sandow Birk -- suggest the persistence of romantic tendencies well into the 21st century.
Photographs by Gilda Adler
