Catskill Creek

Jasper Francis Cropsey, Catskill Creek, 1850, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.50
Copied Jasper Francis Cropsey, Catskill Creek, 1850, oil on canvas, 18 1⁄2 x 27 1⁄4 in. (47.1 x 69.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.50
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Artwork Details

Title
Catskill Creek
Artist
Date
1850
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
18 1⁄2 x 27 1⁄4 in. (47.1 x 69.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — New York
  • Landscape — weather — cloud
  • Landscape — season — autumn
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — mountain — Catskill Mountains
Object Number
1966.50
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1966.50

Artwork Description

Jasper Francis Cropsey greatly admired the works of Thomas Cole, who was the first American painter to establish the country’s wilderness as an important subject for painting. In 1850, Cropsey stayed with Cole’s widow in the village of Catskill, where he visited the late artist’s studio and made several sketches of the landscape. (Myers, The Catskills, 1987) In this painting the windswept trees and dark tones of brown and orange evoke the aftermath of a passing storm.

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