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Asher Brown Durand - River Scene

River Scene (1854)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
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The Artist died in 1886 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
Asher Brown Durand

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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Signing the Declaration of Independence

Signing the Declaration of Independence (1823)

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Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’

Landscape—Scene from ‘Thanatopsis’ (1850)

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Sarah Eliot Scoville

Sarah Eliot Scoville (1830s)

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Georgianna Frances Adams

Georgianna Frances Adams (1835)

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Commodore John Barry

Commodore John Barry (1830)

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Luman Reed

Luman Reed (1835)

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Landscape with Cows and Sheep

Landscape with Cows and Sheep (1864)

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Woodland Glen

Woodland Glen (ca. 1850-1855)

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Lake George

Lake George (1867)

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Study of Trees

Study of Trees (1850)

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Ariadne

Ariadne (Ca. 1831–35)

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Landscape Study, Dover Plains, New York

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

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

Kaaterskill Landscape (1850)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Hacket the Actor

Hacket the Actor (1826)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
Study of a Rock

Study of a Rock (19th century)

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
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