# Factory in the Moonlight

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1898.

An unpeopled factory beneath a bright moon pushes broken color toward near abstraction.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 55.9 × 46 cm
- Collection: [Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-ffcf0f2b82787b39.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/luce-maximilien/factory-moonlight>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>), [Pointillism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/pointillism.md>)

## Image

![A dark factory and chimney stand beneath a bright moon in a vertical field of blue, violet, and yellow strokes.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-aff6f668894c8412-d490dd06611ae597/full.jpg?v=4e9114fa4e27d2c8c4ef44090fe4647e8ba75ada4b05ffb09ccdeb105d4fdbb0>)

## Sources & credits

- Francesco Bini (Sailko), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Carmen Thyssen Collection
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximilien_luce,_fabbrica_al_chiar_di_luna,_1898,_01.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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