New England Scenery, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Church, Frederic Edwin 1826-1900
Coll./Exh. Checklist "19th C American Paintings," 1970.
"Frederic Edwin Church," Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1966.
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1988, 1999.
"Selections from the American Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: Springfield Library and Museums Association, 1999, pg. 41-43.
Flower, Dean, and Francis Murphy, "A Catalogue of American Painting, Water Colors and Drawings (to 1923) in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1976, pg. 32.
"The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 172.
"Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Church's Views from Olana," Hudson, NY: Olana Partnership and Cornell University Press, 2009, pg. 34.
Image on file.
"Selections from the American Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: Springfield Library and Museums Association, 1999, pg. 41 and cover.
Flower, Dean, and Francis Murphy, "A Catalogue of American Painting, Water Colors and Drawings (to 1923) in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum," Springfield, MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1976, pg. 31.
"The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 25.
"Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Church's Views from Olana," Hudson, NY: Olana Partnership and Cornell University Press, 2009, pg. 34.
(Lower right, on rock:) F Church '51 signed
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Summary
An imaginary panoramic view of a New England vista composed of landscape features seen throughout New England. A lake in the center, cows grazing on the bank. In the foreground, a bridge with a covered wagon crossing to the right and young girl seated in the center. In the background, a waterfall, saw mill, and distant mountain range.
1851
Control number
IAP 22940017
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum 220 State Street Springfield Massachusetts 01103 Accession Number: 1.23.24
Title
Scene in the Catskills, (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Landscape--United States--New England States
Landscape--Mountain--Catskill Mountains
Landscape--Lake
Landscape--Waterfall
Figure female--Full length
Animal--Cattle
Architecture exterior--Industry--Mill
Architecture--Vehicle--Wagon
Travel--Land--Wagon
Architecture--Bridge
Record ID
siris_ari_270956
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