Wednesday, June 21, 2023

 Alvan Fisher
(1792 - 1863)
 
Alvan Fisher was one of the United States's pioneers in landscape painting and genre works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvan_Fisher


A General view of the Falls of Niagara
1820
Oil on canvas
87.2 x 122.3 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/general-view-falls-niagara-8340

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

 Asher Brown Durand
(1796 - 1886)

Asher Brown Durand was an American painter of the Hudson River School. Durand's main interest changed from engraving to oil painting about 1830 with the encouragement of his patron, Luman Reed. In 1837, he accompanied his friend Thomas Cole on a sketching expedition to Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks Mountains, and soon after he began to concentrate on landscape painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asher_Brown_Durand

The Indian's Vespers
1847
Oil on canvas
117.2 cm (46.1 in); width: 158.1 cm (62.2 in)
White House Collection, Washington, D.C., United States

Monday, June 19, 2023

 Robert S. Duncanson
(1821 - 1872)

Robert Seldon Duncanson  was a 19th-century American landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landscape paintings and is considered a second generation Hudson River School artist. Duncanson spent the majority of his career in Cincinnati, Ohio and helped develop the Ohio River Valley landscape tradition. As a free black man in antebellum America, Duncanson engaged the abolitionist community in America and England to support and promote his work. Duncanson is considered the first African-American artist to be internationally known. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Duncanson



Land of the Lotus Eaters
1861
Oil on canvas
52-3/4 x 88-5/8 in
Swedish Royal Collection, Stockholm

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Thomas Doughty
(1793 - 1856)
 
Thomas Doughty was an American artist associated with the Hudson River School.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doughty_(artist)


A River Glimpse
c. 1842-1850
Oil on canvas
76,8 x 63,5 cm
The MET
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10769


Saturday, June 17, 2023

 Lockwood de Forest
(1850 - 1932)
 
Lockwood de Forest  was an American painter, interior designer and furniture designer. A key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, he introduced the East Indian craft revival to Gilded Age America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockwood_de_Forest


California Sunset, Santa Barbara
1923
Oil on canvas
24" x 34"
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
https://www.sbhistorical.org/luminescent-santa-barbara-lockwood-de-forest/

Friday, June 16, 2023

 Jasper Francis Cropsey
(1823 - 1900)

Jasper Francis Cropsey was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Francis_Cropsey



Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania
1865
Oil on panel
56,8 x 92,4 cm
Toledo Museum of Art

http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55250/starrucca-viaduct-pennsylvania

   

Thursday, June 15, 2023

 Samuel Colman
(1832 - 1920)

Samuel Colman was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colman


Storm King on the Hudson
1866
Oil on canvas
81,6 x 152 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/storm-king-hudson-5183

 Jérôme-Martin Langlois (11 March 1779 – 28 December 1838) Jerome-Martin Langlois  was a French Neoclassical style painter. He was trained b...