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  • Asher B. Durand, Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, 1848, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thomas M. Evans and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1978.126

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.
Title
Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York
Artist
Asher B. Durand
Date
1848
On View
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. 2nd Floor
  3. East Wing
Dimensions
42 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (107.9 x 153.7 cm.)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Thomas M. Evans and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program

Mediums
oil
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Painting
Highlights
19th Century
Keywords
  • Landscape – New York – Dutchess County
  • Animal – cattle
  • Figure group
  • Landscape – New York – Dover
  • Landscape – mountain
Object Number
1978.126
Palette
Emoji
Linked Open Data URI

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