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On Guard by Thomas Waterman Wood 1874 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Wood, Thomas Waterman | ||
Plowing in the Nivernais (Copy after Rosa Bonheur) by Thomas Waterman Wood oil on canvas St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Wood, Thomas Waterman | ||
The Argument by Thomas Waterman Wood 1874 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Wood, Thomas Waterman | ||
Untitled by Archibald M. Willard oil on canvas St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Willard, Archibald M. | ||
Deer, Early Morning On Racquette Lake In The Adirondack by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait 1872 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam | ||
Waterfall in the Mountains by Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon 1882 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps | ||
An Autumn Day by William Hart 1865 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Hart, William | 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... | |
Autumn Morning by William Hart 1876 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Hart, William | ||
Summer - The Passing Shower by William Hart 1873 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Hart, William | William Hart's Summer—The Passing Shower offers a charming pendant for his later Autumn Morning. Here, his depiction of a sudden summer rain storm provides an opportunity to explore varying effects of light and shadow falling across the landscape. The rain does not disrupt the peacefulness of the scene, however, as the cattle in the foreground, the... | |
Landscape with Cattle by James McDougal Hart 1872 St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury, VT | Hart, James McDougal | This quiet idyll is typical of the post-Civil War paintings of James Hart. A herd of cattle, trailing into the distance at the left, leads the viewer's eye from the foreground back to the rural village in the distance in a lyric style and nostalgic sensibility that evoke the approaches of the French Barbizon painters of mid-century. |
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