Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California1878
Jules Tavernier painted this in 1878, aged 34. It is now at The Met in New York. More about this work
About this work
Jules Tavernier painted this in 1878, aged 34. It is now at The Met in New York.
How it was made
- Oil paint
- Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
Jules Tavernier
American, born France, 1844–1889 · Born in Paris; died in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tavernier trained in Paris and moved to the United States in the early 1870s, travelling west for Harper’s Weekly to record frontier life. Settling in San Francisco, he painted the landscapes of California and Native American ceremonies, and was a member of the Bohemian Club. In 1884 he moved to Hawaii, where he became known for dramatic scenes of the volcano Kīlauea and was a leading figure among the painters later called the Volcano School.
Written by Ochre Editions.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Met has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2016.135
- Credit
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- The American Wing
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
