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David Johnson

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WA-00115206

PaintingHudson River School

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1981.147.2
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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David Johnson was an American painter, a member of the second generation of Hudson River School painters.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (15)

Trees

1886 · Black ink washes and graphite on off-white wove paper

18 7/16 x 12 7/8 in. (46.8 x 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trees and Dog

1886 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

12 7/8 x 18 7/16 in. (32.7 x 46.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Willow

1885 · Graphite, heightened with white chalk, on green wove paper

31.5 × 48 cm (12 7/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1874 · Graphite and white-chalk heightening on grey wove paper

6 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. (16.8 x 26.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pine, Lake George

1871 · pencil

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chestnut and Pine

1869 · graphite

Sheet: 30.5 x 46.9 cm (12 x 18 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Boquet River

1859 · Graphite

Sheet: 31.3 x 45.8 cm (12 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

American Barque "Jane Tudor," Conway Bay

1853 · Salted paper print from glass negative

21.9 x 26.7 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study, North Conway, New Hampshire

1851 · oil on canvas

Framed: 63.8 x 74.3 x 7 cm (25 1/8 x 29 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 43.2 x 53.3 cm (17 x 21 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

July - Mount Lafayette, N.H.

1847 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

28.7 × 48.2 cm (11 5/16 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto); Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)

1846 · graphite with pen and brown ink

Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto)

1846 · graphite with pen and brown ink

Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)

1846 · graphite

Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketchbook of White Mountains and Hudson River Subjects

1827 · Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper, bound in cloth- and leather-covered boards

Cover: 4 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (11 x 17.6 cm) Sheets: 4 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (11 x 17.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Fallen Tree (from sketchbook)

1827 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

4 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (11 x 17.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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15 published of 15 catalogued · 15 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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7 entries · 1 sources

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto); Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto)
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Study, North Conway, New Hampshire
1851 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pine, Lake George
1871 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Chestnut and Pine
1869 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Boquet River
1859 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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