Gallery Talk: Gray Area—More than Flesh and Bone: Symbology in Two Owls at Sunset, 1860

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  • Harvard Art Museums
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    A painting depicts a sunset scene with two owls perched on a branch in a flat landscape.

    Explore the unique aspects of a landscape painting created during a time of turmoil and conflict in the United States.

    No application or registration needed.

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    This 事件 is free!

    Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

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    Harvard Art Museums
    32 Quincy
    Cambridge, MA 02138
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    星期五, 四月 18 12:30下午 – 1下午

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    This talk will explore the unique aspects of Two Owls at Sunset, an American landscape painting that was made during a time of turmoil in the mid-19th century. Created by an unidentified artist, the work was painted at a time of deep partisan conflict in our national history, and amid the burgeoning development of environmental conservationalism. It is an eerie, quiet meditation on what it feels like to be on the precipice of great loss. Curatorial intern Saffron Hooper Sener will think through with attendees about how the painting chooses to commemorate grief and beauty.

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    A painting depicts a sunset scene with two owls perched on a branch in a flat landscape.

    星期五, 四月 18 12:30下午 – 1下午

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    Last updated 四月 10, 2025.