# Blue Hour

South wing: Themes · hang 749 · 12 works

The short interval after sunset, when the light goes cool and the outlines soften, drew painters and printmakers back again and again. These works hold that hour: moonlit harbours, evening streets and nocturnes in which blue does most of the work.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## North wall

1. [Two Men Contemplating the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-men-contemplating-the-moon-met-438417), Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/two-men-contemplating-the-moon-met-438417?hang=749)
2. [Moonlight](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/moonlight-nga-214332), Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1772. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/moonlight-nga-214332?hang=749)
3. [The Witch (Night Piece)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-witch-night-piece-cma-123405), Jan van de Velde II, 1626. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/the-witch-night-piece-cma-123405?hang=749)

## East wall

4. [Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/aeneas-rescuing-anchises-from-burning-troy-aic-88619), Hendrick van Steenwijck, the Younger, c. 1610. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/aeneas-rescuing-anchises-from-burning-troy-aic-88619?hang=749)
5. [Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/church-bells-ringing-rainy-winter-night-cma-127227), Charles Burchfield, December 1917. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/church-bells-ringing-rainy-winter-night-cma-127227?hang=749)
6. [Bay of New York, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bay-of-new-york-sunset-nga-54127), Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/bay-of-new-york-sunset-nga-54127?hang=749)

## West wall

7. [Life Saving Patrol](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/life-saving-patrol-si-saam-1925-12-3), Edward Moran, ca. 1893. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/life-saving-patrol-si-saam-1925-12-3?hang=749)
8. [The Girl by the Window](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-girl-by-the-window-aic-154235), Edvard Munch, 1893. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/the-girl-by-the-window-aic-154235?hang=749)
9. [Lane Scene at Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lane-scene-at-night-aic-273331), John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1872. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/lane-scene-at-night-aic-273331?hang=749)

## South wall

10. [The Houses of Parliament, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-houses-of-parliament-sunset-nga-46523), Claude Monet, 1903. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/the-houses-of-parliament-sunset-nga-46523?hang=749)
11. [Nocturne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nocturne-met-11380), John La Farge, ca. 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/nocturne-met-11380?hang=749)
12. [Burning Oil Well at Night, near Rouseville, Pennsylvania](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/burning-oil-well-at-night-near-rouseville-pennsylvania-si-saam-1977-50), James Hamilton, ca. 1861. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/blue-hour/burning-oil-well-at-night-near-rouseville-pennsylvania-si-saam-1977-50?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Birds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/birds?hang=749&via=continue) (24 works)