Catskill Mountains

The Catskill Mountains are a large area in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York. They... Read more
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Sunset in the Catskills

1862
Oil on Canvas
Overall: 76 x 116.9 cm (29 15/16 x 46")

Brigham Young University, Museum of Fine Arts

Provo, UT

Bricher, Alfred Thompsonnotes
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
The Valley Of The Catskills Frpm Jefferson Hill

1872
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 13.7 x 22.7 cm (5 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Moore, Charles Herbert GA
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
Catskill Clove

1856
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on light green woven paper
19 15/16 x 14 5/16 in. (50.6 x 36.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Miller, William Rickarby GA
Catskill Clove In Palingsville

1856
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on light green woven paper
19 7/8 x 14 1/16 in. (50.5 x 35.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Miller, William Rickarby GA
Catskill On Hudson

Oil on Canvas
24.8 x 30 in. / 62.9 x 76.2 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

Browere, Albertus Del Orient GA
Catskills

August 1873
Graphite and white opaque highlights on gray/brown, moderately thick, smooth woven paper
Sheet: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Johnson, Davidnotes
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
Hudson River, Above Catskill

1865
oil on canvas
Dimensions unknown

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Fort Worth, TX

Moore, Charles Herbert GA
Hunter Mountain, Twilight

1866
oil on canvas
Image: 30 5/8 x 54 1/8 in. (77.8 x 137.5 cm) Frame: 38 1/2 x 62 3/16 in. (97.8 x 158.0 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Gifford, Sanford Robinsonnotes
by a cowherd and a house with lighted windows and smoke curling from its chimney underscore the mood of calm repose and domesticity.
GA
The Birches Of The Catskills

ca. 1875
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
13 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (33.5 x 19.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Whittredge, Worthingtonnotes
Worthington Whittredge found it difficult to adjust to painting the New England landscape after almost ten years abroad. He described the forests as “a mass of decaying logs and tangled brush wood” that were completely different from the “well-ordered” European views he was used to. (The Autobiography of Worthington Whittredge, 1942,...
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