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Asher Brown Durand
Asher Brown Durand

Asher Brown Durand

American, 1796-1886
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Asher Brown Durand was an American painter of the Hudson River School.

Durand was born in and eventually died in Maplewood, New Jersey (then called Jefferson Village). He was the eighth of eleven children. Durand's father was a watchmaker and a silversmith.

Durand was apprenticed to an engraver from 1812 to 1817 and later entered into a partnership with the owner of the company, Charles Cushing Wright (1796–1854), who asked him to manage the company's New York office. He engraved Declaration of Independence for John Trumbull during 1823, which established Durand's reputation as one of the country's finest engravers. Durand helped organize the New York Drawing Association during 1825, which would become the National Academy of Design; he would serve the organization as president from 1845 to 1861.

Asher's engravings on bank notes were used as the portraits for America's first postage stamps, the 1847 series. Along with his brother Cyrus he also engraved some of the succeeding 1851 issues.

His main interest changed from engraving to oil painting about 1830 with the encouragement of his patron, Luman Reed. During 1837, he accompanied his friend Thomas Cole on a sketching expedition to Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks Mountains and soon after he began to concentrate on landscape painting. He spent summers sketching in the Catskills, Adirondacks, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, making hundreds of drawings and oil sketches that were later incorporated into finished academy pieces which helped to define the Hudson River School.

Durand is remembered particularly for his detailed portrayals of trees, rocks, and foliage.

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Luman Reed

Luman Reed (1835)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Figurative
Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’

Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’ (1850)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Ariadne

Ariadne (Ca. 1831–35)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Mythology
Summer Afternoon

Summer Afternoon (1865)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
The Beeches

The Beeches (1845)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Landscape with Covered Wagon

Landscape with Covered Wagon (1847)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Study of Rocks in Pearson’s Ravine

Study of Rocks in Pearson’s Ravine (mid–1850s)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Luman Reed

Luman Reed (circa 1836)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Figurative
A Natural Monarch

A Natural Monarch (1853)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Portrait of Thomas Cole

Portrait of Thomas Cole (1837)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Figurative
Landscape with Cows and Sheep

Landscape with Cows and Sheep (1864)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Self-portrait

Self-portrait (1835)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Figurative
The Capture of Major André

The Capture of Major André (1845)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Figurative
River Scene

River Scene (1854)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Kaaterskill Landscape

Kaaterskill Landscape (1850)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Landscape

Landscape (1859)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Summer on Lake George

Summer on Lake George

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Landscape Study, Dover Plains, New York

Landscape Study, Dover Plains, New York (circa 1847)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Lake George

Lake George (1867)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Signing the Declaration of Independence

Signing the Declaration of Independence (1823)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Illustration
Gipseying party.

Gipseying party.

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Illustration
Greek lovers

Greek lovers

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Illustration
Interior view with husband reading to wife

Interior view with husband reading to wife (1831)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Illustration
Old man’s reminiscences.

Old man’s reminiscences. (1865)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Weehawken

Weehawken

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Artists’ Lane after a Shower

Artists’ Lane after a Shower (1864)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
River Scene

River Scene (1854)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Study of Trees

Study of Trees (1850)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
Woodland Landscape

Woodland Landscape (c.1850)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
A View of the Valley

A View of the Valley

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Landscape
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