Albuquerque
Artist
Leon Trousset
1838 France - 1917 Juarez, Mexico
Date1885
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions35 3/8 x 49 1/4 in. (89.9 x 125.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift to the Citizens of Albuquerque in Loving Memory of Erna Fergusson by Dr. & Mrs. Albert Simms
Object numberPC1976.115.1
DescriptionStreet scene with vendors and individuals on horseback with a large American flag amongst trees and San Felipe de Neri church in the background.On View
On viewCollections
Text Entries- Common Ground 2021
Leon Trousset
1838 France – 1917 Juárez, Mexico
Albuquerque
1885
óleo sobre lienzo
obsequio a los residentes de Albuquerque en recuerdo afectuoso de Erna Fergusson del Dr. Albert Simms y señora
PC1976.115.1
1838 France – 1917 Juárez, Mexico
Albuquerque
1885
óleo sobre lienzo
obsequio a los residentes de Albuquerque en recuerdo afectuoso de Erna Fergusson del Dr. Albert Simms y señora
PC1976.115.1
Leon Trousset
1838 France – 1917 Juárez, Mexico
Albuquerque
1885
oil on canvas
gift to the Citizens of Albuquerque in Loving Memory of Erna Fergusson by Dr. & Mrs. Albert Simms
PC1976.115.1
Before moving to New Mexico, Leon Trousset began his American career painting landscapes for the new landed gentry in California. He visited Albuquerque almost 180 years after the villa was founded and painted this lively scene. He provides a glimpse of what Plaza Vieja might have been like in 1885 with its citizens bustling about town, Native Americans selling watermelon and peaches, and San Felipe de Neri church in the background flanked by a 121-foot flagpole.
Terms
1982
