it on antique canvas and baking it to add cracks. Forgeries can be discovered through visual and chemical examination, and through a provable provenance—a collection of written documentation detailing a painting's ownership history. For instance, Ryder's piece, Elegy, while on loan to the Whitney Museum, was examined by Lloyd Goodrich, then a curator at the Whitney. A layer of consistent brushstrokes was revealed through an x-ray examination, which was uncharacteristic of Ryder's often generously layered pieces. It was concluded that Elegy was likely painted to be an imitation of The Lone Horseman, a genuine Ryder piece. Selected works See also History of painting List of Orientalist artists Orientalism Society of American Artists Tonalism Western painting In popular culture The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr References Further reading Stula, Nancy with Nancy Noble. American Artists Abroad and their Inspiration, New London: Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 2004, 64 pages External links 1847 births 1917 deaths 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters American landscape painters American male painters American marine artists Painters from New York City Modern painters Orientalist painters Painters from Massachusetts People from New Bedford, Massachusetts People from Greenwich Village National Academy of Design alumni Tonalism 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists