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Henry Ward Ranger

1858

WA-00113048

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1909.7.54
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Henry Ward Ranger was an American artist. Born in western New York State, he was a prominent landscape and marine painter, an important Tonalist, and the leader of the Old Lyme Art Colony. Ranger became a National Academician (1906), and a member of the American Water Color Society. Among his paintings are, Top of the Hill, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and East River Idyll, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

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Artworks (10)

Brooklyn Bridge

1899 · Oil on canvas

72.4 × 91.8 cm (28 1/2 × 36 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Lone Sentinel

1895 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 71.5 x 92.5 cm (28 1/8 x 36 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seascape

1892 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 46.3 x 64.7 cm (18 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shipyard (Mill Scene?) in Connecticut (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of House Through Trees (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Tree Limb (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clouds over Water (Long Island Sound?) (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Docks (Long Island Sound?) (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of Sailboats (from Sketchbook)

1858 · Graphite, ink, on paper

Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketchbook of Noank and Lyme, Connecticut Subjects

1858 · Cardboard covered in canvas (cover) Various media (sheets)

5 5/16 x 8 1/8 x 1/2 in. (13.5 x 20.6 x 1.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Lone Sentinel
1895 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seascape
1892 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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