Landscape (Birch and Oaks)
Asher B. Durand
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
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.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
ca. 1855–1857
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) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "A B D"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
15.326
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Charles A. Schieren
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1912, provenance not yet documented; before December 31, 1912, acquired by Charles Adolph Schieren of Brooklyn, NY; April 5, 1915, bequeathed by Charles Adolph Schieren to the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
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). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Schieren, 15.326 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 15.326_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 15.326_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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