Fisher A.

Alvan Fisher (August 9, 1792 – February 13, 1863) was one of the United States's pioneers in landscape painting... Read more
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Camden Harbor

1846
oil on canvas
29 1/4 x 36 3/8" (unframed) 39 3/4 x 47 3/4 x 3" (framed) 27 3/8 x 35 5/8" (sight)

Farnsworth Art Museum

Rockland, ME

Fisher, Alvan GA
Camden Hills and Harbor

Circa 1852
oil on canvas
27 1/8 x 35 7/8 x 1" (unframed) 28 3/4 x 38 1/8 x 1 3/4" (framed)

Farnsworth Art Museum

Rockland, ME

Fisher, Alvan GA
Lake in the Mountains with Hunters

1857
oil on canvas
35.56 x 43.5 cm (14 x 17 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Fisher, Alvan GA
View of Springfield on the Connecticut River

1819
Oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 43 11/16 in. (80.4 x 111 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Fisher, Alvannotes
Alvan Fisher’s bucolic view of Springfield, Massachusetts, from across the Connecticut River typifies the kind of landscapes that were popular in the period. It describes a specific locale—note the steepled First Church on the far bank—using the well-known artistic vocabulary of the “Claudian” landscape. This compositional format, based on...
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