Trees on a Rocky Hillside
c. 1849
Asher Brown Durand
Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796–1886)
American Painting and Sculpture
Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849. Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796–1886). Oil on canvas; framed: 64.8 x 83.2 x 7.9 cm (25 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 42.5 x 61.3 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.); former: 53.5 x 72 x 6.5 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1968.21 Durand was one of the first American artists to paint outdoors, rather than in the confines of a studio, which was the longstanding tradition. This outdoor oil sketch of a seemingly random corner of the woods offers an intimate view of a granite outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes of the era. Before becoming a painter, Durand designed paper currency for the federal government.
- Maker/Artist
- Durand, Asher Brown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 64.8 x 83.2 x 7.9 cm (25 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 42.5 x 61.3 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.); Former: 53.5 x 72 x 6.5 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower left: "ABD"
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1968.21
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1968, Durand, Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review for 1968 (29 January - 9 March 1969).<br>Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, A.B. Durand, 1796 - 1886 (24 October - 28 November 1971), no. 70, ill. p. 63 as Rocks and Trees.<br>Dekalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art (27 October - 22 November 1974), possibly traveled to South Bend, IN, Snite Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame (1 December 1974 - 26 January 1975), no. 15, ill. p. 36.<br>Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of Landscape: East and West (17 February - 21 March 1982).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 206 American Landscape
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