I'm starting a new project tracing the historical impact in New Jersey of the first transcontinental highway called the Lincoln Highway. It technically started in Times Square, 7th and 42nd streets and crossed the Hudson on the Weehawken Ferry (now port imperial ferry). It entered Weehawken, climbed the palisades into what is now West New York, traveled down Hudson Boulevard (now Kennedy Boulevard) and crossed the Hackensack River on truck route 1&9. Just before crossing the river it passed around Lincoln Park in Jersey City.
This fountain, installed in Lincoln Park in 1911, is decorated with water spouting frogs and allegorical figures. Designed by New York sculptor Pierre Cheron, it contains 365 tons of concrete and reaches a height of 53 feet. The sculpture has water shooting forth from seven bronze heads and 27 spouts which were sculpted in Paris by sculptress Bernice Francis Langton.
The video shows the progression of the painting. I'm working on the water in the reflecting basin now, trying out multiple versions.
This fountain, installed in Lincoln Park in 1911, is decorated with water spouting frogs and allegorical figures. Designed by New York sculptor Pierre Cheron, it contains 365 tons of concrete and reaches a height of 53 feet. The sculpture has water shooting forth from seven bronze heads and 27 spouts which were sculpted in Paris by sculptress Bernice Francis Langton.
The video shows the progression of the painting. I'm working on the water in the reflecting basin now, trying out multiple versions.
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