RUDOLF DANIEL LUDWIG CRONAU (1855 - 1939) Lower Manhattan Island in 1894 Hummingbirds He painted porcelain for Sevres

He painted porcelain for Sevres

a theme in many of his rich still-life paintings

A Distant View of the Falls of Niagara

and for whom Blaskowitz had previously made a map of the New York Campaign in 1776 (Richard H

and no known copies of this printing have survived

RUDOLF DANIEL LUDWIG CRONAU (1855 - 1939) Lower Manhattan Island in 1894 Hummingbirds He painted porcelain for SevresRUDOLF DANIEL LUDWIG CRONAU (1855 1939) Lower Manhattan Island in 1894 Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed lower left: R. Cronau ca. 1908 1913 Paper size: 10 3 8 x 13 3 8 in. Mat Mount size: 14 1 8 x 19 14 in. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE SKYLINE To understand New York in the late 19th century, one must look to the sky, where the citys first skyscrapers began reshaping its identity and skyline. Faced with limited land and a booming population, architects