America / c. 1849
Trees on a Rocky Hillside
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Trees on a Rocky Hillside as painting (America · c. 1849).
Before becoming a painter, Durand designed paper currency for the federal government.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Asher B. Durand (American, 1796–1886).
The museum's collection notes: 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 rock outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes of the era.
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