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Painting
Genesee Scenery
Thomas Cole, 1801 - 1848
Cole, Thomas
United States
1801 - 1848
Male
6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (15.9 x 11.1 cm)
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1846-1847
1846
1847
1800-1900, 19th century, bridges, Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings, rivers, views of Rochester & western New York, waterfalls
Painting
Like many artists, Thomas Cole traveled extensively, sketching views that he would later include in finished (and much larger) paintings. On a trip to the Upstate New York region, he sketched Deh-ga-ya-soh Creek at what is now Letchworth State Park in Mount Morris. Later that year, he used the sketch to create this study, which ultimately became the subject of the 'Genesee Scenery' (1847, 51 x 39 1/2 inches, owned by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design).
[Adapted from gallery label text, 2007]
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Painting
Landscape Composition: Italian Scenery
An Italian Composition with a Tower Bridge
Thomas Cole, 1801 - 1848
Cole, Thomas
United States
1801 - 1848
Male
40 3/4 x 61 1/2 in. (103.5 x 156.2 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1831-1832
1831
1832
1800-1900, 19th century, bridges, Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings, ruins, shrines
Painting
lower left
1971.37
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Painting
Chenango River, New York
Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1823 - 1900
Cropsey, Jasper Francis
United States
1823 - 1900
Male
10 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (26.4 x 42.9 cm)
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1858
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1800-1900, 19th century, Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings
Painting
lower right
1973.40
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Painting
The Hudson River, New York
Gates of the Hudson from Fort Putnam, West Point
Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1823 - 1900
Cropsey, Jasper Francis
United States
1823 - 1900
Male
10 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (26.4 x 42.9 cm)
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1857-1858
1857
1858
1800-1900, 19th century, Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings
Painting
lower centerback of stretcher, on crossbar
1973.39
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Painting
Cows in the Valley, Watering
Asher Brown Durand, 1796 - 1886
Durand, Asher Brown
United States
1796 - 1886
Male
16 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (42.5 x 60.3 cm)
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1854
1854
1854
1800-1900, 19th century, cows, Hudson River School, landscapes, mountains, paintings, rivers
Painting
lower right
1981.61
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Painting
Genesee Oaks
Asher Brown Durand, 1796 - 1886
Durand, Asher Brown
United States
1796 - 1886
Male
28 1/4 x 42 in. (71.8 x 106.7 cm)
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1860
1860
1860
1800-1900, 19th century, cows, Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings, rivers, trees in art, views of Rochester & western New York
Painting
Asher B. Durand was commissioned to paint this magnificent vista overlooking the Genesee River Valley in Geneseo, New York, by a member of the Wadsworth family, the village founders. At one time, they owned all the land from Geneseo to Rochester.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
No matter what the weather, this view across the Genesee Valley near Geneseo is as breathtaking now as it was over two hundred years ago, when landowner James S. Wadsworth commissioned Hudson River school founder Asher B. Durand to record the beauty of the landscape in a painting. In the summer of 1859, Durand traveled from New York City to the Genesee Valley to make preparatory sketches. Trained as an engraver, he recorded many of the details that he saw, but in addition, his personal belief in the immanence of the divine in the natural world motivated him to present a landscape that seems to extend infinitely.
Statuesque oak trees, many of which are still standing on the land, dominate the painting. In this region, the trees were more than a decorative feature. When the Wadsworths began to sell and lease land to local farmers, they included a clause in the contract requiring that a number of trees remain after the land was cleared. This was a holdover from British husbandry; the result was a countryside that was not only beautiful but that provided sun and moisture control for humans and animals alike. Genesee Oaks was Durand's tribute to the splendor of this valley.
[Gallery label text]
Durand visited the Genesee country but once, sketching in the Geneseo area during late June and July of 1859. Of his trip he wrote to his son in August: "With all my troubles I believe I have learnt more about the management of colors in the painting of trees than by all my previous practice, altho' I have never produced so little in the same span of time, not having made but four studies in five weeks."
During the following year, back in his studio, Durand painted Genesee Oaks, based on the sketches he had made. The painting was commissioned by James Samuel Wadsworth, a local squire, who owned the work when it was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1861. Seven oil studies done near Geneseo in 1859 are photographed in Durand's studio after 1878. A photograph shows three small sculptures of cows, two standing, one reclining that may have served as models for the animals in the painting.
Howard S. Merritt
Peters, Susan Dodge, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. (Rochester, NY: The Memorial Art Gallery, 1988). p.182-3.
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1974.5
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Painting
A Showery Day, Lake George
John Frederick Kensett, 1816 - 1872
Kensett, John Frederick
United States
1816 - 1872
Male
14 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (35.9 x 61.3 cm)
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ca. 1860
1855
1865
1800-1900, 19th century, boats, Hudson River School, lakes, landscapes, mountains, paintings, rain, weather & water
Painting
1974.29
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Memorial Art Gallery
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Painting
American Harvesting (after Jasper Cropsey)
American artist, (active )
Cropsey, Jasper Francis
United States
1823 - 1900
Male
Original artist
After
American artist
United States
Primary
32 1/2 x 44 1/4 in. (82.6 x 112.4 cm)
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after 1851
1852
1861
1800-1900, 19th century, Hudson River School, jobs & work, landscapes, paintings
Painting
While we may not know who painted this work, we can trace its inspiration. In 1851 Jasper Cropsey's painting American Harvesting was in the American Art-Union's annual exhibition in New York. The American Art-Union, formed in 1844, promoted American artists by purchasing and exhibiting their works. To familiarize more Americans with these artists, engravings were made and distributed to members. Possibly, one of these engravings was owned by the artist who did the Gallery's painting. Several other versions of this work exist and were most likely inspired by the same print. A version of the this image was printed by Currier & Ives, entitled 'A Summer Landscape: Haymaking."
Cropsey's painting is currently in the collection of the <a href="http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu">Indiana University Art Museum</a>.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
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