View of Santiago de Cuba
View of Santiago de Cuba

On view

European Art

View of Santiago de Cuba,

1864

Henry Cleenewerck, 1825–1901; born Watou, Belgium; died Brussels, Belgium
y1983-32

Cleenewerck’s view of Santiago, on the southeastern coast of Cuba, foregrounds lush pastures dotted with cattle, farm buildings, palms, and banana trees, and relegates the city’s bustling port to the background. Cleenewerck worked in Cuba for five years in the 1860s, painting European-style landscapes for colonists living on the island. He moved back to Europe in 1868 and established a studio in Paris, where he continued to paint Cuban views for European consumption.

Information

Title
View of Santiago de Cuba
Dates

1864

Maker
Henry Cleenewerck
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 53 cm (15 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.) frame: 91.7 × 110.5 × 6.4 cm (36 1/8 × 43 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Sue K. Feld
Object Number
y1983-32
Place Depicted

Cuba, Santiago de Cuba

Signatures
Signed and dated in black, lower right: Henry Cleenewerck 1864
Culture
French
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
landscapes (representations), cactus and succulents, tropical climate, palm trees, inhabited places, water, cows

Wigren-Barlow, Woodstock, VT (1967; sold to Feld); Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Feld, New York (1967–1983; gift to the Princeton University Art Museum).

IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more.

Open API URL

Our API is generally designed to provide programmatic access to the Museum's collections data for applications that require regular updates and/or the ability to dynamically query and filter the data via the endpoints provided.

Share your feedback with us

The Museum regularly researches its objects and their collecting histories, updating its records to reflect new information. We also strive to catalogue works of art using language that is consistent with how people, subjects, artists, and cultures describe themselves. As this effort is ongoing, the Museum’s records may be incomplete or contain terms that are no longer acceptable. We welcome your feedback, questions, and additional information that you feel may be useful to us. Email us at collectionsinfo@princeton.edu.

Explore More

Holidays at the Museum

Princeton Collects

Mosaic Restaurant