Broadway on a Rainy Evening 1901

Everett Warner made this painting of Broadway on a Rainy Evening, with oil on canvas. It’s all about atmosphere, a kind of wet, hazy impression. The colour palette is muted, mostly blues and purples with touches of yellow, like those hazy streetlights. The paint is applied in thin layers, creating a sense of depth and luminosity. You can almost feel the dampness in the air. Look how Warner uses the reflections on the wet pavement to create a sense of movement and energy. My eye is drawn to the way the light catches on the surface of the street, creating these elongated, shimmering forms. It's like he's capturing a fleeting moment, a transient experience. This piece reminds me of James McNeill Whistler, especially his nocturnes, paintings which share that interest in capturing fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. Both artists embrace ambiguity, inviting us to lose ourselves in the sensory experience of the painting.