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The Hills

by Preston Dickinson

ca. 1919
oil on canvas
24 x 27 in. (61.0 x 68.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Dickinson, Prestonnotes
Preston Dickinson painted The Hills a few years after he returned to New York from France. He admired the work of the French modernist painters, especially Paul Cezanne, who transformed his subjects into simple shapes and planes of color. Dickinson composed this landscape from triangles and curves, and even the clouds reflect the shapes of the hills...
The Holy Family

by Robert Loftin Newman

oil on linen
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Newman, Robert Loftin 
The Inn, Germany

by Walter Shirlaw

ca. 1873
oil on canvas
24 5/8 x 20 1/4 in. (62.5 x 51.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Shirlaw, Walter 
The Knight Of The Holy Grail

by Frederick Judd Waugh

ca. 1912
oil on canvas
94 7/8 x 125 3/4 in. (241.0 x 319.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Waugh, Frederick Judd 
The Last Supper

by H. Siddons Mowbray

1915-1925
oil on canvas
25 x 55 7/8 in. (63.5 x 142.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Mowbray, H. Siddons 
The Lord Is My Shepherd

by Eastman Johnson

ca. 1863
oil on wood
16 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (42.3 x 33.2 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Johnson, Eastman 
The Lost Balloon

by William Holbrook Beard

1882
oil on canvas
47 3/4 x 33 3/4 in. (121.3 x 85.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Beard, William Holbrook 
The Lovers' Boat

by Albert Pinkham Ryder

ca. 1881
oil on wood
11 3/8 x 12 in. (28.9 x 30.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Ryder, Albert Pinkham 
The Magi

by H. Siddons Mowbray

ca. 1915
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
18 1/8 x 24 5/8 in. (46.1 x 62.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Mowbray, H. Siddons 
The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Dr. Caius, Simple And Dame Quickly

by Robert W. Weir

1830
oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. (53.1 x 44.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Weir, Robert W.notes
American artists, actors, and writers during the nineteenth century were still heavily influenced by English literature, and Shakespeare’s plays enjoyed many revivals. In this painting, Robert W. Weir illustrated a moment in The Merry Wives of Windsor when a character finds his rival’s servant in his closet. Weir gave the two men comical...
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