Horse, Fort Stanton, New Mexico
1877
gouache
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
1877
gouache
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
A horse stands in a dusty corral, ears pricked, one hoof lifted. Peter Moran drew this in 1875 while traveling through New Mexico. The gray-green paper lets the white gouache—opaque watercolor—pop like sunlight on the animal’s coat. Moran was part of a family of artists, but he focused on the American West when most painters still looked to Europe. Look up the subject: horses.
