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A Quiet Nook

1885
oil on wood
10 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (26.2 x 21.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hart, William GA
An Autumn Day

1865
oil on canvas
18 x 31 1/2 inches

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

St. Johnsbury, VT

Hart, Williamnotes
The earliest of three paintings by William Hart in the Athenaeum's collection, An Autumn Day appears to portray Whiteface Mountain in New York's Adirondack Mountains. The peaceful scene depicts the pristine American landscape with deer wading quietly in the foreground river. Whereas many of William Hart's landscapes represent the impact of man on the...
GA
Autumn Morning

1876
oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

St. Johnsbury, VT

Hart, William GA
Summer - The Passing Shower

1873
oil on canvas
13 x 20 inches

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

St. Johnsbury, VT

Hart, Williamnotes
William Hart's Summer—The Passing Shower offers a charming pendant for his later Autumn Morning. Here, his depiction of a sudden summer rain storm provides an opportunity to explore varying effects of light and shadow falling across the landscape. The rain does not disrupt the peacefulness of the scene, however, as the cattle in the foreground, the...
GA
Midsummer

1870
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm) Frame: 34 3/16 x 48 3/16 x 4 in. (86.8 x 122.4 x 10.2 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Hart, James McDougal GA
Cattle and Landscape

1867
oil on canvas
19 13/16 x 29 13/16 in. (50.4 x 75.7 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Hart, James McDougal GA
Picnic on the Hudson

1854
oil on canvas
15 3/8 x 55 11/16 in. (39 x 141.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Hart, James McDougal GA
Morning in New England

1873
oil on canvas
Unframed - h:51.50 w:86.60 cm (h:20 1/4 w:34 1/16 inches)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

Hart, James McDougalnotes
rican landscape. Hart's membership in the Hudson River School is evident in the earth-tone palette and panoramic viewpoint of the scene.
GA
Sunday Afternoon, Berkshire County, Mass.

1857
oil on canvas
27.31 x 46.36 cm (10 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.) framed: 38.1 x 57.15 x 5.08 cm (15 x 22 1/2 x 2 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

Hart, James McDougal GA
Village Scene near Albany, New York

1850
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 42 1/8 in. (76.5 x 107.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hart, James McDougalnotes
This image shows a small town to the west of James M. Hart’s home in Albany, New York. He preferred to paint intimate views of country life, rather than dramatic vistas of the wilderness, to show that man and nature could coexist in peace. In Village Scene, the comforting view of farm life, with its children, grazing cows, and picturesque...
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