Forest Stream with Vista

Forest Stream with Vista

Asher B. DurandWW-1872-162430
1872·oil on canvas·Unframed: 84 x 71.8 cm (33 1/16 x 28 1/4 in.)

Bequest of Mary Gardiner Ford

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Year
1872
Dimensions
Unframed: 84 x 71.8 cm (33 1/16 x 28 1/4 in.)

Artist

Asher B. Durand
Asher B. Durand

Painting

Asher B. Durand was an American landscape painter and engraver whose detailed, luminous forest and river scenes established the visual language of the Hudson River School. Moving from commercial engraving to oil painting in his forties, Durand developed a method of direct outdoor study that prioritized faithful transcription of American wilderness over European convention. His work celebrates the spiritual power of unspoiled nature through precise rendering of light, foliage, and geological form. Based in Maplewood, New Jersey, he became a central figure in the movement's philosophical and practical approach to landscape painting during the mid-nineteenth century.

Maplewood, NJ, United States

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Year
1872
Dimensions
Unframed: 84 x 71.8 cm (33 1/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1872-162430

Source

Source
cleveland
Status
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Artist

Asher B. Durand

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