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Along Catskill Creek

1868
oil on canvas
12.2 x 11.2 in. / 31.1 x 28.6 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

Woodward, John Douglas GA
Along the Hudson

1852
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 24 in. (45.9 x 61.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Kensett, John Frederick GA
Among Friends

1876
oil on canvas
Height: 162.56 cm (64 in.), Width: 106.68 cm (42 in.)

Private collection: Robert P. Coggins

Marietta, GA

Hart, James McDougal 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
Angler's Camp Below Nevada Falls

oil on canvas
66.04 cm (26 in.), Width: 55.88 cm (22 in.)

Anonymous Collection (2)

Unknown

Hill, Thomas GA
Approaching Thunder Storm

1859
oil on canvas
28 x 44 in. (71.1 x 111.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Heade, Martin Johnson GA
April Showers

1868
oil on canvas
50.48 x 102.23 cm (19 7/8 x 40 1/4 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Heade, Martin Johnsonnotes
Unlike Heade's unusual choice of the marshes, this landscape is a more traditional one, but he portrayed the passing effects of a rain shower in a highly original fashion. He minimized the contrast of values and loosened his paint handling to suggest the transient effects of light and atmosphere, something he would explore in depth in his marsh scenes.
GA
Artist at His Easel in the Woods

Oil on paper, mounted on board
53.34 cm (21 in.), Width: 34.93 cm (13.75 in.)

Anonymous Collection (2)

Unknown

Hill, Thomas GA
At Milton On Hudson

oil on board
7 1/4 x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

Bristol, John Bunyan GA
Aurora Borealis

1865
oil on canvas
56 x 83 1/2 in. (142.3 x 212.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Church, Frederic Edwin GA
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