Object Details
- Artist
- Asher B. Durand, born Jefferson Village, NJ 1796-died Maplewood, NJ 1886
- Gallery Label
- The pre-Civil War American landscape served as an idyllic reminder of the nation’s promise, a real-world Garden of Eden. Paintings by Durand and other Hudson River school artists focused on the Arcadian qualities of the landscape. When Dover Plains was first shown in 1848 an art critic wrote, “It is so invested with the characteristics of the natural scenery of our land that almost every visitor who looks upon it could localize the scene.” Durand helped promote the idea that the country’s scenery was emblematic of the nation’s ideals.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thomas M. Evans and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
- 1848
- Object number
- 1978.126
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 42 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (107.9 x 153.7 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Landscape\mountain
- Animal\cattle
- Landscape\New York\Dover
- Landscape\New York\Dutchess County
- Record ID
- saam_1978.126
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7dee9ccdb-f6f1-4bef-abba-c800d5452a12
