Ranger’s tonalist interpretation of the Brooklyn Bridge shrouds the engineering marvel in a misty, twilight haze, transforming steel cables into delicate brushstrokes that seem to dissolve into the East River. Unlike the Futurists’ celebration of industrial might, Ranger’s bridge is poetic and ephemeral—a symbol of progress softened by nostalgia. A little-known detail: Ranger painted this shortly after moving to New York, where he championed the “Tonalist” style to compete with Impressionism’s rising popularity. The lone boat beneath the bridge, barely visible, hints at the human scale dwarfed by modernity.
Ranger’s Life During This Period By 1900, Ranger was a leader of the Old Lyme Art Colony, promoting Tonalism as America’s answer to French Impressionism. His Brooklyn Bridge was a deliberate departure from urban realism—instead, he framed the bridge as a harmonious link between nature and industry. Ironically, while painting this, he resisted photography’s influence, insisting on mood over precision. The work reflects his struggle to define a distinctly American modernism before the Ashcan School’s gritty realism took hold.
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