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Painting
Normandy Trees
Homer Dodge Martin, 1836 - 1897
Martin, Homer Dodge
United States
1836 - 1897
Male
27 1/2 x 35 1/4 in. (69.9 x 89.5 cm)
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Oil
Oil
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1800-1900, 19th century, George Eastman Collection, landscapes, paintings, trees in art
Painting
lower right
1936.63
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Watercolor
Pasture Gate
Annie (Nina) Moore, mid 19th century
Moore, Annie (Nina)
United States
Female
7 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (19.3 x 29.2 cm)
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1800-1900, 19th century, landscapes, trees in art, watercolors
Watercolor
lower right
1956.85
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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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Oil
Oil
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.
lower left
1974.5
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Painting
Genesee River
David Johnson, (New York, NY, 1827 - 1908, Walden, NY)
Johnson, David
United States
1827 - 1908
Male
15 5/8 x 22 1/2 in. (39.7 x 57.2 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1888
1888
1888
1800-1900, 19th century, cows, landscapes, paintings, rivers, trees in art, views of Rochester & western New York
Painting
This pastoral scene shows cows wading at a bend in the Genesee River while their herder lounges on the ground at the left. It was painted by David Johnson, an artist from New York City who specialized in Genesee landscapes in the mid-19th century, a time when few artists were making the journey upstate.
The name Genesee originates with the Seneca people, meaning “beautiful or pleasant valley.” The rich soil of the valley and the abundance of the river has made this region a desirable location to live for centuries. This painting was made almost 100 years after the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, in which the United States of America established the Seneca Nation’s land rights for Western New York with the Genesee River as the eastern boundary, Lake Ontario as the northern boundary, and Niagara River as the western boundary. Many subsequent violations and treaties slowly encroached upon these rights; today only three tracts of land are left to the Seneca in the region, including the Cattaraugus Reservation.
[Gallery label text, 2021]
initialed, lower leftverso, visible before reliningremoved from backing, now in curatorial file
1969.64
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Watercolor
Seneca Park
Armin Buchterkirch, 1859 - 1919
Buchterkirch, Armin
United States
1859 - 1919
Male
10 3/4 x 14 in. (27.3 x 35.5 cm)
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Watercolor
Watercolor
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1900-2000, 20th century, by Rochester artists, fall, landscapes, trees in art, views of Rochester & western New York, watercolors
Watercolor
lower right
1944.72
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9/8/1999
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Painting
Wadsworth Meadow, Geneseo, New York
Frederick T. Vance, 1840 - 1892
Vance, Frederick T.
United States
1840 - 1892
Male
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm)
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1866
1866
1866
1800-1900, 19th century, by Rochester artists, landscapes, paintings, Rochester Art Club founders, trees in art, views of Rochester & western New York
Painting
lower left
1971.57
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
71.57TR1
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