File:Asher Brown Durand - The Catskills - Walters 37122.jpg

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Artist



Alternative names	Asher B. Durand; Durand; A. B. Durand; Asher Brown] [Durand
Description	American painter, engraver and photographer
Date of birth/death	21 August 1796	17 September 1886
Location of birth/death	Maplewood	Maplewood
Work location	New York
Authority file	: Q391608 VIAF: 56884646 ISNI: 0000000081362847 ULAN: 500026080 LCCN: n50032524 NLA: 35050786 WorldCat

Title

The Catskills

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Description

English: This painting was commissioned by William T. Walters in 1858, when the 62-year-old Durand was at the height of his fame and technical skill. The vertical format of the composition was a trademark of the artist, allowing him to exploit the grandeur of the sycamore trees as a means of framing the expansive landscape beyond.
Durand's approach to the "sublime landscape" was modeled on that of Thomas Cole (1801–48), founder of the Hudson River School of painting. The painters of this school explored the countryside of the eastern United States, particularly the Adirondack Mountains and the Catskills. Their paintings often reflect the Transcendental philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82), who believed that all of nature bore testimony to a spiritual truth that could be understood through personal intuition.

Depicted place

Catskill Mountains

Date

1859

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 158.8 cm (62.5 in); width: 128.3 cm (50.5 in); Framed height: 197.8 cm (77.8 in); width: 167.9 cm (66.1 in); depth: 18.4 cm (7.2 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.122

Place of creation

USA

Object history

1858: commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore
[Commissioned June 8, 1858, payment made May 3, 1859. See letters from Walters to Durand in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.]
1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Exhibition history

Romanticism in America. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1940.
Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998–2001.
The American Artist as Painter and Draftsman. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2001.
Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape, Brooklyn Museum, Category:Brooklyn, 30 March 2007 – 29 July 2007, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C., 14 September 2007 – 6 January 2007, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, 2 February 2008 – 27 April 2008
19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 30 January 2010 – 2 May 2010, Blanton Museum of Art, 2 October 2010 – 2 January 2011

Credit line

1858: commissioned by William T. Walters

Inscriptions

Signature bottom:

A.B.Durand

Date bottom:

1859

References

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