A New York Blizzard

Description

A bundled figure in a dark coat moves through a dense city snowstorm. The back faces of the person the viewer, and a pale hat or hood appears above the broad black silhouette. Snow swirls across the scene, partly obscuring a streetlamp and faint building forms behind.

About A New York Blizzard Reproduction

Cool white, gray, and blue tones dominate, with the coat of the figure creating a strong dark center. Loose marks of snow blur the background and soften the outlines of the street. The streetlamp rises near the upper center, its shape partly veiled by the storm. The close framing emphasizes the weather and solitary pedestrian.

The scene conveys cold through the contrast between the enveloping snowfall and the heavy clothing of the figure. The person appears to lean into the wind, moving away through the white street. Softly rendered architecture recedes into the weather, while the dark coat remains clear. The small lamp offers a vertical point of reference in the hazy urban setting. The head of the person is slightly bowed beneath the hat, while snow gathers across the outline of the coat. A faint lamp and vertical window shapes suggest a street receding behind the storm. The central black coat fills much of the foreground, its hood and shoulders turned into the wind. A pale lamp post and faint building edges appear through the swirling snow behind the walker.

The hand-painted reproduction

ByMuseum offers A New York Blizzard by Frederick Childe Hassam as a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas. A cool-toned wall setting suits the snow and dark central silhouette.

• Snow blurs the streetlamp and distant buildings.
• The dark coat stands out against the pale storm.
• Painted individually in oil on canvas.
• Select the available size and presentation on this page.