The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (painting)

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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
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Artist Grant Wood
Year1931
Medium Oil on masonite
Dimensions76 cm× 100 cm(30 in× 40 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a 1931 painting by the American artist Grant Wood. It depicts the American patriot Paul Revere during his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. The perspective is from a high altitude as Revere rides through a brightly lit Lexington, Massachusetts. It was inspired by the 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] Wood used a child's hobby horse as model for Revere's horse. [2]

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The painting is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but is not on view as of December 2024. [1]

Provenance

The painting belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M. Gooch in Memphis, Tennessee from 1931 to 1950, after which it was given to YWCA Memphis as a gift. The same year it was sold for $15,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere". Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. ↑ Souter, Gerry (2009). American Realism. New York City: Parkstone International. p. 198. ISBN   978-1-78042-992-2.
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