Thomas Chambers, Landscape, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.106
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Attributed to Thomas Chambers
- Date
- mid 19th century
- Location
- Dimensions
- 14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.7 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Recreation — sport and play — fishing
- Landscape — building
- Waterscape — boat
- Figure group
- Object Number
- 1986.65.106
Artwork Description
This landscape by Thomas Chambers probably shows a view along the Hudson River in New York, where Chambers lived and worked in the 1830s and again in the 1860s. He combined actual features of the landscape with elements from his imagination, heightening the colors and emphasizing the linear edges of natural forms. In this image the dark silhouette of the stone arch stands out, emphasized by the vivid tones of orange and red in the sky. The light appears inconsistent throughout the painting, as if Chambers combined observations from different times of day into one image.
