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Asher Brown Durand: The Catskills   wikidata:Q7721749  reasonator:Q7721749
Artist
Asher Brown Durand  (1796–1886)    wikidata:Q391608
 
Asher Brown Durand
Alternative names
Asher B. Durand; Durand; A. B. Durand; Asher Brown] [Durand
Description American painter, engraver and photographer
Date of birth/death 21 August 1796  Edit this at Wikidata 17 September 1886  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Maplewood Maplewood
Work location
New York
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artist QS:P170,Q391608
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Title
The Catskills
Object type painting  Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape art  Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This painting was commissioned by William T. Walters in 1858, when the 62-year-old Durand was at the height of his fame and technical skill. The vertical format of the composition was a trademark of the artist, allowing him to exploit the grandeur of the sycamore trees as a means of framing the expansive landscape beyond.
Durand's approach to the "sublime landscape" was modeled on that of Thomas Cole (1801–48), founder of the Hudson River School of painting. The painters of this school explored the countryside of the eastern United States, particularly the Adirondack Mountains and the Catskills. Their paintings often reflect the Transcendental philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82), who believed that all of nature bore testimony to a spiritual truth that could be understood through personal intuition.
Depicted place Catskill Mountains
Date 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 158.8 cm (62.5 in); width: 128.3 cm (50.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,158.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,128.3U174728
; Framed height: 197.8 cm (77.8 in); width: 167.9 cm (66.1 in); depth: 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,197.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,167.96U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,18.42U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.122
Place of creation USA
Object history
Exhibition history
  • Romanticism in America. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1940.
  • Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998–2001.
  • The American Artist as Painter and Draftsman. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2001.
  • Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 30 March 2007–29 July 2007, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C., 14 September 2007–6 January 2007, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, 2 February 2008–27 April 2008
  • 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 30 January 2010–2 May 2010, Blanton Museum of Art, 2 October 2010–2 January 2011
Credit line 1858: commissioned by William T. Walters
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Signature bottom:

A.B.Durand
Date bottom:
1859
References
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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