Object Details
- Artist
- Sanford Robinson Gifford, born Greenfield, NY 1823-died New York City 1880
- Luce Center Label
- This tiny image is an oil sketch for one of Sanford Robinson Gifford’s many paintings of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York. Gifford was one of the first artists to recognize the artistic potential of the Shawangunks, which were filled with steep, craggy slopes and sweeping valleys (Avery and Kelly, eds., Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, 2003). He used quick, expressive brushstrokes to capture the rocks, trees, and sky in the glowing colors of a summer sunset.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl
- 1823-1880
- Object number
- 1987.61.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas on panel
- Dimensions
- 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (7.9 x 13.7 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 13B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\New York
- Landscape\mountain\Shawangunk Mountains
- Record ID
- saam_1987.61.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ea1d3a95-6514-427d-ba10-d95248378e74
