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A Pastoral Scene 1858 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Durand, Asher Brown | GA | ||
Bayside, New Rochelle, New York 1886 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Johnson, David | GA | ||
Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire 1856 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Johnson, David | GA | ||
On the Unadilla, New York 1884 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Johnson, David | GA | ||
Catskills August 1873 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Johnson, David | This drawing of a gnarled tree growing over boulders contains passages of both meticulous deliberation and charming spontaneity. It appears that the artist took a quick break from the primary scene to sketch another subject in the upper right corner of the sheet. With a few economical strokes of his pencil and brush, he created the barest outline of... | GA | |
Wallkill Scenery ca. 1885 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Johnson, David | GA | ||
River Landscape at Sunset ca. 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Johnson, David | GA | ||
Sunset in the Catskills 1862 Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts Provo, UT | Bricher, Alfred Thompson | This tranquil rendering of the sun setting in the Catskill Mountains of New York State creates a vision of the American landscape as a peaceful paradise. Much of the American landscape, however, was anything but peaceful when Bricher painted this work. The illusion of harmony created by the portrayal of satisfied cows, a red barn, and trees framing a... | GA | |
York Harbor, Coast of Maine 1877 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Heade, Martin Johnson | Restricted gift of Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; Americana, Lacy Armour and Roger McCormick endowments; through prior gifts of Dr. and Mrs. R. Gordon Brown, Emily Crane Chadbourne, George F. Harding Collection, Brooks McCormick, and James S. Pennington | GA | |
Sunset c. 1880 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Heade, Martin Johnson | GA |
- The Hudson River School
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