Landscape (Birch and Oaks)
Asher B. Durand
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Asher B. Durand, considered a founder of the Hudson River School along with Thomas Cole (represented in this gallery), was also identified with the progressive practices of plein air (outdoor) painting and innovative pictorial types. By the 1850s forest interiors in a compressed vertical format, as seen in this outdoor study, had become Durand’s signature compositional type. Here, the diagonal thrust of the trees dominates the foreground, while crisply delineated textures and contrasts of light and shadow convey minute detail, suggesting careful study from nature.
Caption
Asher B. Durand (American, 1796–1886). Landscape (Birch and Oaks), ca. 1855–1857. Oil on canvas, 23 15/16 × 17 7/8 in. (60.8 × 45.4 cm) frame: 33 3/8 × 27 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (84.8 × 69.5 × 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Schieren, 15.326. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Landscape (Birch and Oaks)
Date
ca. 1855–1857
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
23 15/16 × 17 7/8 in. (60.8 × 45.4 cm) frame: 33 3/8 × 27 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (84.8 × 69.5 × 11.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "A B D"
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles A. Schieren
Accession Number
15.326
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The artist is Asher B. Durand, an American born in 1796. The work itself dates to around 1855–1857. Durand was one of the most prominent Hudson River School artists of the 19th century.Thank you!
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