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Asher Brown Durand

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%

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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/asher-brown-durand
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Asher Brown Durand was an important member of the Hudson River School, a fraternity of American landscape painters initially led by Thomas Cole, who served as Durand’s instructor in the 1840s. Durand’s naturalistic paintings brilliantly capture the fresh, untamed beauty of the American wilderness.

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.

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Artworks (9)

Study of Rocks in Pearson's Ravine

1850 · Oil on canvas

61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aaron Ogden

1834 · Engraving on ivory wove paper

Plate: 10.2 × 9.1 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 17.6 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Delaware Water Gap

1830 · Engraving on off-white wove paper

14.6 × 19 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Honourable William Paulding

1826 · Engraving on ivory wove paper

Plate: 12 × 12.4 cm (4 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 18.5 cm (9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Musidora

1825 · Etching and engraving on paper

Image: 37.1 × 27.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 31 cm (17 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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John Brooks

1816 · Steel engraving on paper

Image: 11.6 × 9.3 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 15.2 cm (9 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Joel Barlow

1816 · Steel engraving on paper

Image: 12 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 17 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Joel Barlow

1816 · Steel engraving on paper

Image: 12 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 26 × 17 cm (10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catskill Mountains

1816 · Engraving on paper

Plate: 11.3 × 15.1 cm (4 1/2 × 6 in.); Sheet: 14.3 × 19.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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9 published of 18 catalogued · 8 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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