Sanford Robinson Gifford

American, 1823-1880

Sanford Robinson Gifford was an American landscape painter and one of the leading members of the Hudson River School. Gifford's landscapes are known for their emphasis on light and soft atmospheric effects, and he is regarded as a practitioner of Luminism, an offshoot style of the Hudson River School.

Gifford was born in Greenfield, New York and spent his childhood in Hudson, New York, the son of an iron foundry owner. He attended Brown University 1842-44, where he joined Delta Phi, before leaving to study art in New York City in 1845. He studied drawing, perspective and anatomy under the direction of the British watercolorist and drawing-master, John Rubens Smith. He also studied the human figure in anatomy classes at the Crosby Street Medical college and took drawing classes at the National Academy of Design. By 1847 he was sufficiently skilled at painting to exhibit his first landscape at the National Academy and was elected an associate in 1851, an academician in 1854. Thereafter Gifford devoted himself to landscape painting, becoming one of the finest artists of the early Hudson River School.

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October in the Catskills

October in the Catskills (1880)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Haverstraw Bay (Shad Fishing On The Hudson)

Haverstraw Bay (Shad Fishing On The Hudson) (1868)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Road Scenery Near Lake George

Road Scenery Near Lake George (1849)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Darent River, Kent, England

The Darent River, Kent, England (1856)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) (1862)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

A Study of Hunter Mountain at Twilight

A Study of Hunter Mountain at Twilight (circa 1865)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Lake George from Buck Mountain

Lake George from Buck Mountain

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire

Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire (1860)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Trapps, Shawangunk Mountains

The Trapps, Shawangunk Mountains (1850)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecilia Gifford)

Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecilia Gifford) (1878)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Cows in a Pond at Sunset

Cows in a Pond at Sunset (1860)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains

Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains (1880)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills

Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills (c. 1861)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

A Sketch at the Camp on the La Bonté, Wyoming Territory

A Sketch at the Camp on the La Bonté, Wyoming Territory (1870)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Indian Summer in the White Mountains

Indian Summer in the White Mountains (1862)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Arch of Nero at Tivoli

The Arch of Nero at Tivoli (1878)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Hunter Mountain, Twilight

Hunter Mountain, Twilight (1866)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Sundown

Sundown (1863)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Mouth of the Shrewsbury River

The Mouth of the Shrewsbury River (1867)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Twilight on Hunter Mountain

Twilight on Hunter Mountain (1867)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Beach at Cohasset

The Beach at Cohasset (1864)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Sunset Over New York Bay

Sunset Over New York Bay (1873)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Camping for the Night on Mansfield Mountain

Camping for the Night on Mansfield Mountain (circa 1860s)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Riva, Lago di Garda

Riva, Lago di Garda (1863)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Rocks and Brook in the Catskills

Rocks and Brook in the Catskills (circa 1845-46)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert,Maine

The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert,Maine (1864-1865)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

A Home in the Wilderness

A Home in the Wilderness (1866)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Autumn, a Wood Path

Autumn, a Wood Path (1876)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Hook Mountain, Near Nyack, on the Hudson

Hook Mountain, Near Nyack, on the Hudson (1866)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore (1871)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

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