(Small Landscape)

Thomas Hicks, (Small Landscape), 1862, oil on canvas, 10 ¹⁄₈ x 18 ¹⁄₈ in. (25.7 x 45.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Dwight Wardlaw, 1968.59.1

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Artwork Details

Title: (Small Landscape)
Artist: Thomas Hicks
Date: 1862
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 10 ¹⁄₈ x 18 ¹⁄₈ in. (25.7 x 45.9 cm.)
Credit Line: Museum purchase and gift of Dwight Wardlaw
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on canvas
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Animal — bird — duck
Landscape — river
Animal — cattle
Object Number: 1968.59.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.59.1

Artwork Description

Thomas Hicks painted many images of the hills and rivers around his home in New York. Americans enjoyed scenic paintings of the landscape like this, which emphasized the peaceful relationship between man and nature. Industrialization in the nineteenth century took over many areas of countryside, and people bought images of the landscape to replace the view that had disappeared from their doorstep. The flat gray sky and the subdued browns and greens of this landscape evoke a hazy, midsummer afternoon in upstate New York.