‘In 1914 a wealthy patron supported Jonas Lie’s travel to Panama to document the construction of the new Panama Canal, which, like the island of Manhattan, was a symbol of America’s industrial might and global power. Upon his return, Lie viewed the city with eyes transformed — his city canyons and flowing rivers becoming what one critic called “vital forceful constructions.” Path of Gold, with its strong diagonal river, framed on one side by the hills of Brooklyn, and on the other by the mountainous skyline of Manhattan, has strong correspondences to Lie’s Culebra Slide (West Point Museum), which depicts an artificial valley that cuts through the continental divide to form part of the Panama Canal. Both paintings were included in a December 1914 exhibition
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A wonder of the modern world, the Brooklyn Bridge, opens. May 24, 1883
‘Path of Gold’ Jonas Lie (1880-1940)
Oil on canvas. Ca. 1914.
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