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Sanford Robinson Gifford

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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A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)

A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) (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)
Mountians and Rocks

Mountians and Rocks (1859)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
Sea Scape with Color Notations

Sea Scape with Color Notations (1859)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
Landscapes, Berlin Falls

Landscapes, Berlin Falls (1859)

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)
Gorham (Maine)

Gorham (Maine) (1859)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
From the Shawangunk Mountains

From the Shawangunk Mountains (1823-1880)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
Haverstraw Bay

Haverstraw Bay (1868)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
A Home in the Wilderness

A Home in the Wilderness (1866)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
October in the Catskills

October in the Catskills (1880)

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)
Autumn, a Wood Path

Autumn, a Wood Path (1876)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
Sunset Over New York Bay

Sunset Over New York Bay (1873)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
The Darent River, Kent, England

The Darent River, Kent, England (1856)

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)
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