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Thomas Doughty

1793–1856

WA-00045822

Philadelphia, PA, USA

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WikidataQ284954

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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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NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/43088
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Thomas Doughty was an American landscape painter who pioneered romantic naturalism in early 19th-century Philadelphia, working primarily in oil on canvas. His compositions featured atmospheric effects and intimate views of the Delaware River valley and surrounding wilderness, establishing conventions for American landscape painting that would influence successive generations. His work was included in MoMA's landmark 1976 exhibition "The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800, 1950".

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (6)

Spring Landscape

1850 · Oil on canvas

44 x 62 in. (111.8 x 157.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A River Glimpse

1840 · Oil on canvas

30 1/4 in. × 25 in. (76.8 × 63.5 cm) Framed: 39 1/8 × 34 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (99.3 × 87 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

River Scene (from McGuire Scrapbook)

1840 · Graphite on off-white wove paper

6 x 7 9/16 in. (15.2 x 19.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Winding Road

1833 · brush and brown wash over graphite; framing lines in brown ink (scored)

Sheet: 11.4 x 14.8 cm (4 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.); Image: 10.7 x 14 cm (4 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

On the Hudson

1830 · Oil on canvas

14 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (37.5 x 54.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of a Lake

1830 · oil on canvas

Framed: 53.3 x 69.6 x 7.6 cm (21 x 27 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 38.5 x 55 cm (15 3/16 x 21 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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6 published of 18 catalogued · 13 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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2 entries · 1 sources

Landscape with Winding Road
1833 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of a Lake
1830 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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