American Scenery Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
Illustrated Checklist (by section) February 26–May 13, 2012
I. Introductory Pair: Church and Cole
Thomas Cole 1801-1848
Sunset on the Arno, 1837 Oil on canvas 35 x 51 ¼ inches
Frederic Church 1826-1900
Ruins at Baalbek, 1868 Oil on canvas 21 ¾ x 36 ¼ inches
II. Times of Day
James Augustus Suydam 1819-1865
Sunset Landscape, n.d. Oil on canvas 7 5/8 x 6 ¼ inches
Homer Dodge Martin 1836-1897
Saranac Lake (Morning), 1857 Oil on canvas 18 x 32 inches
Homer Dodge Martin 1836-1897
Saranac Lake (Evening), 1857 Oil on canvas 18 x 32 inches
James McDougal Hart 1828-1901
Mountain Falls, n.d. Oil on canvas 15 x 10 inches
James McDougal Hart 1828-1901
Conversation by the River, n.d. Oil on canvas 15 x 10 inches
John Frederick Kensett 1818-1872
Mount Chocorua, 1857 Oil on canvas 14 ½ x 24 inches
John Frederick Kensett 1818-1872
Reminiscences of the Catskill Mountains, 1853 Oil on canvas 22 ½ x 18 ¼ inches
John Frederick Kensett 1818-1872
Sunset over the Catskills, 1855 Oil on canvas 18 x 25 inches
Morning
Alfred Fitch Bellows 1829-1883
Down to the Brook, 1863 Oil on canvas 28 x 47 ½ inches
Gunther Hartwick Active 1847-1857
Landscape with Farm, 1854 Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches
Late Morning
Herman Fuechsel 1833-1915
Cows in the Hudson River, c. 1875 Oil on canvas 10 x 20 inches
Joseph Antonio Hekking 1830-1903
Cows Waiting in a Summer Landscape, c. 1870 Oil on canvas 20 x 36 inches
Early Afternoon
Eliza Greatorex 1820-1897
Landscape Near Cragsmoor, NY, 1863 Oil on canvas 15 x 25 inches
James McDougal Hart 1828-1901
On the Farminton River, 1862 Oil on canvas 19 x 32 inches
Late Afternoon
William McDougal Hart 1823-1894
Sunset in the Valley, 1870 Oil on canvas 14 x 23 ½ inches
Jasper Francis Cropsey 1823-1900
On the Susquehanna, 1877 Oil on canvas 12 x 17 ½ inches
Evening
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle 1820-1884
Sunset, n.d. Oil on canvas board 26 x 36 inches
Regis Francois Gignoux 1816-1882
Heading Home, n.d. Oil on canvas 24 ½ x 35 inches
III. Weather Conditions, Atmosphere, and Mood
Arthur Parton 1842-1914
On the Hudson, 1879 Oil on canvas 12 ¼ x 20 inches
Alexander Lawrie 1828-1917
Cold Springs on Hudson, 1871 Oil on canvas 10 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches
Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber 1823-1916
Summer Landscape, 1861 Oil on canvas 14 x 19 inches
Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber 1823-1916
Haying Scene, 1863 Oil on canvas 14 x 20 inches
John William Casilear 1811-1893
Quiet River (Genesee), 1874 Oil on canvas 14 x 23 inches
John William Casilear 1811-1893
Genesee River Scenery, 1873 Oil on canvas 9 ½ x 20 inches
Richard William Hubbard 1816-1888
Mount Holyoke Looking Toward Connecticut River, 1877 Oil on artist’s board 15 x 12 ½ inches
Richard William Hubbard 1816-1888
Landscape with Cows, 1879 Oil on canvas 13 x 12 ¼ inches
IV. Seasons
Thomas Birch 1779-1851 Five Landscape Vignettes, n.d. Oil on board 9 7/16 x 13 inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Spring Landscape, n.d. Oil on artist’s board 7 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Autumn Landscape, n.d. Oil on artist’s board 7 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Fall on a Lake in New England, c. 1870 Oil on canvas 6 ½ x 12 ½ inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Farm Scene with Cows c. 1870 Oil on canvas 6 ½ x 12 ½ inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Spring Landscape with Cows, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Autumn Landscape with Cows, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches
Henry Boese 1824-1863
Autumn View of Newburgh on the Hudson, n.d. Oil on canvas 6 ½ x 11 inches
Henry Boese 1824-1863
Spring View of Newburgh on the Hudson, n.d. Oil on canvas 6 ½ x 11 inches
William McDougal Hart 1823-1894
A view of the Esopus Creek in Autumn, 1864 Oil on canvas 9 x 17 inches
William McDougal Hart 1823-1894
A view of the Esopus Creek in Spring, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 17 inches
Daniel Charles Grose Active c. 1865-1890
Autumn on the Whissahickon, n.d. Oil on canvas 18 x 12 inches
Daniel Charles Grose Active c. 1865-1890
Spring on the Whissahickon, n.d. Oil on canvas 18 x 12 inches
Joseph Antonio Hekking 1830-1903
Summer Landscape with Cows Watering, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 15 inches
Joseph Antonio Hekking 1830-1903
Autumn Landscape with Deer and Ducks on River, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 15 inches
V. Nature Without Man
William Charles Anthony Frerichs 1829-1905
Wilderness Scene with Falls (North Carolina), c. 1855-60 Oil on canvas 11 x 21 ½ inches
William Charles Anthony Frerichs 1829-1905
White Face Mountain, North Carolina, c. 1855- 60 Oil on canvas 11 x 21 ½ inches
Forest Interiors
Asher Brown Durand 1796-1886
Woodland Interior, c. 1855 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
Benjamin Champney 1817-1907
Woodland Interior, 1880 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches
Charles Linford 1846-1897
Woodland Interior with Stream, n.d. Oil on canvas 22 x 16 inches
William McDougal Hart 1823-1894
A Forest Stream, 1875 Oil on canvas 17 ¼ x 15 inches
Landscape with Deer
Sanford Robinson Gifford 1823-1880
A Lake Twilight, 1861 Oil on canvas 16 x 28 inches
Ernest Lotichius 1840-1874
Deer in the Morning Mist, 1858 Oil on canvas 10 ½ x 14 inches
Arthur Fitwilliams Tait 1819-1905
Deer in Nature, 1869 Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches
Frederick Rondel 1826-1892
Adirondack Landscape, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches
Laura Woodward Active 1872-1889
By the Stream, 1876 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 inches
Herman Fuechsel 1833-1915
Kaaterskill and Haines Falls, c. 1865-1875 Oil on canvas 14 ¾ x 12 inches
Thomas Worthington Whittredge 1820-1910
Deer by a Waterfall, 1850 Oil on canvas 20 ½ x 16 ½ inches
Charles H. Chapin 1830-1889
Deer, 1870 Oil on Canvas 10 ¼ x 20 inches
VI. Man’s Activities in Nature: Pleasure Artists in Nature Painting in the Wilderness
Charles W. Knapp 1823-1900
Artist Sketching, n.d. Oil on canvas 29 x 24 inches
John Herman Carmiencke 1810-1867
Catskill Clove, 1863 Oil on canvas 16 x 24 inches
William Sanford Mason 1824- 1864
View of Columbia, 1855 Oil on canvas 22 x 30 inches
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle 1820-1884
Artist Sketching, 1862 Oil on canvas 20 ¾ inches (tondo)
Joseph Morviller 1800-1870
Autumn Landscape, 1860 Oil on canvas 14 x 25 inches
Fishing
John William Casilear 1811-1893
Autumn Landscape with Fisherman, c. 1865- 1870 Oil on canvas 12 ¼ x 10 inches
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle 1820–1884
Two Boys Fishing, 1867 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 1/4 inches
Henry Boese 1824–1863 Autumn Landscape, n.d. Oil on canvas 13 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches
Alvan Fisher 1792-1863
Fishing in New Hampshire, 1852 Oil on canvas 27 ¼ x 22 ¼ inches
Gustavus Johann Grunewald 1805-1878
Winter Fishing on a Lake at the Pine Swamp, 1856 Oil on panel 20 x 15 7/8 inches
Albert Fitch Bellows 1829-1883
The Mill, 1861 Oil on canvas 14 ¼ x 11 inches (arched at the top)
Henry Pember Smith 1854-1907
Man Fishing along a Stream, 1884 Oil on canvas 15 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches
David Johnson 1827-1908
Sunset in New Rochelle, n.d. Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches
Boating
Jervis McEntee 1828-1891
Indian Summer, 1862 Oil on canvas 10 x 18 inches
Russell Smith 1812-1896
Pennypack, 1880 Oil on canvas 12 x 18 inches
Edward Moran 1829-1901
Wings of the Evening, c. 1870 Oil on canvas 10 ½ x 18 inches
James Hamilton 1819-1878
In the Salt Marshes of N.J., 1872 Oil on canvas 20 x 29 ½ inches
Clinton Loveridge 1824-1902
Evening Sunset, 1877 Oil on wood panel 9 x 7 inches
Benjamin Champney 1817-1907
Ausable Chasm, n.d. Oil on canvas 21 x 17 inches
Hunting
Max Eglau 1825-?
Imaginary Landscape, n.d. Oil on canvas 20 ½ x 32 ½ inches
Max Eglau 1825-?
Hunter in a Landscape, n.d. Oil on canvas 28 ½ x 36 ¼ inches
Alvan Fisher 1792-1863
Hunters in a Stream with Dog, c. 1830 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches
Alvan Fisher 1792-1863
Hunters in a Landscape, c. 1830 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches
VII. Man’s Impact on Nature: The Machine in the Garden
Herman Herzog 1832-1932
Man Hunting (Western Landscape), 1871 Oil on board 13 ½ x 20 ½ inches
Herman Herzog 1832-1932
Mill with Raging Torrent (Sutter’s Mill), c. 1870 Oil on canvas 19 x 27 inches
Haying Scenes
William Rickarby Miller 1818-1893
Haying Scene, n.d. Oil on canvas 7 ½ x 9 ½ inches
James Fairman 1826–1904
Haying Scene, n.d. Oil on canvas 6 x 10 inches
Benjamin Champney 1817-1907
Harvest Scene, Conway Valley, 1870 Oil on canvas 10 ½ x 18 ½ inches
Samuel Colman Jr. 1832-1920
Harvest Scene, n.d. Oil on canvas 10 x 17 inches
Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss 1834-1869
Harvest Scene, 1858 Oil on canvas 6 ¼ x 12 inches
Bridges
Samuel W. Griggs 1827-1898
Cows on a Bridge, Autumn, n.d. Oil on canvas 12 1/4 x 9 ¼ inches
Harrison Byrd Brown 1831-1915
Leaf Picnic, n.d. Oil on canvas 18 x 14 inches
William Mason Brown 1828–1898
The Bridge, c. 1850-60 Oil on canvas 10 x 14 inches
The Machine in the Garden
Junius R. Sloan 1827-1900
Autumn Landscape (with view of Catskill Mountain House), c. 1866 Oil on canvas 11 ¾ x 10 inches
Edith Wilkinson Cook Active 1851-1875
Golden Landscape, 1867 Oil on canvas 7 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches
Russell Smith 1812-1896
Autumn on the Susquehanna, n.d. Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches
Russell Smith 1812-1896
The Old Mill, n.d. Oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches
Charles Loeffler Active in New York, mid-1850s
Foundry at Cold Spring, n.d. Oil on canvas 15 ½ x 29 ½ inches
Gustavus Johann Grunewald 1805-1878
Pike County, Pennsylvania, Saw Mill, 1848 Oil on panel 9 11/16 x 12 3/16
Hugh Bolton Jones 1848-1927
Foundry (the Old Smelter), 1876 Oil on canvas 8 x 14 ¼ inches
VIII. Interpretations of the Same Scene by Different Artists Views of Lake George
Edmund Darch Lewis 1835-1910
Lake George, n.d. Oil on metal 6 1/8 x 12 inches
Alfred Thompson Bricher 1837-1908
Lake George, 1863 Oil on canvas 7 x 12 inches
Nelson Augustus Moore 1824-1902
Lake George, n.d. Oil on canvas 9 x 14 ½ inches
Jasper Francis Cropsey 1823-1900
Lake George, 1877 Oil on canvas 12 ¼ x 10 inches
John William Casilear 1811-1893
Lake George, c. 1865 Oil on canvas 15 x 25 inches
James Brade Sword 1839-1915
Lake George, 1873 Oil on canvas 18 x 30 inches
Henry Augustus Ferguson 1845-1911
Sunset, Lake George, c. 1860 Oil on canvas 10 x 18 inches
Views of Niagara Falls
Thomas Hill 1829-1908
Niagara Falls, c. 1860 Oil on canvas 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches
DeWitt Clinton Boutelle 1820-1884
Niagara Falls, 1861 Oil on canvas 12 ½ x 16 inches
John William Casilear 1811-1893
Niagara Falls, 1872 Oil on cavas 13 x 23 inches
Thomas Prichard Rossiter 1818-1871
Niagara Falls, 1858 Oil on canvas 13 ½ x 24 inches
James Northcote 1822-1904
Niagara Falls at Night, 1863 Oil on canvas 8 x 14 inches
Views of Mt. Washington
Paul Weber 1823-1916
Mount Washington from the Saco, 1854 Oil on canvas 25 ½ x 37 inches
Martin Johnson Heade 1819-1904
White Mountain Landscape, Mount Washington, 1871 Oil on canvas 9 x 15 ½ inches
William McDougal Hart 1823-1894
Mount Washington, 1861 Oil on canvas 6 ½ x 10 ¼ inches
IX. Samplers
William Trost Richards 1833-1905
Sampler, c. 1860 Oil on thirteen canvases mounted together
Regis Francis Gignoux 1816-1882
American Scenery Sampler, c. 1861 Oil on canvas 20 x 36 inches