From the Shawangunk Mountains

Sanford Robinson Gifford, From the Shawangunk Mountains, 1823-1880, oil on canvas on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl, 1987.61.2
Sanford Robinson Gifford, From the Shawangunk Mountains, 1823-1880, oil on canvas on panel, 3 1⁄8 x 5 3⁄8 in. (7.9 x 13.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl, 1987.61.2
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Artwork Details

Title
From the Shawangunk Mountains
Artist
Date
1823-1880
Location
Dimensions
3 1⁄8 x 5 3⁄8 in. (7.9 x 13.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles H. Ettl
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas on panel
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — New York
  • Landscape — mountain — Shawangunk Mountains
Object Number
1987.61.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1987.61.2

Artwork Description

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.

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Raymond White Skolfield, Below the Williamsburg Bridge, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.240
Below the Williamsburg Bridge
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Daten.d.
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Raymond White Skolfield, Dyckman St. Ferry, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.239
Dyckman St. Ferry
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Daten.d.
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Raymond White Skolfield, The Street Hawkers, ca. 1933-1943, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols, 1974.38.53
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Dateca. 1933-1943
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Not on view
Raymond White Skolfield, Holiday Boaters--Central Park, 1936, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.207
Holiday Boaters – Central Park
Artist
Date1936
lithograph
Not on view

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