Object Details
- Artist
- Charles H. Moore, born New York City 1840-died Hampshire, England 1930
- Luce Center Label
- Charles Herbert Moore created many paintings in and around the Catskill Mountains of New York before he settled there in 1862. Like many American landscape painters of the nineteenth century, Moore believed that art should be true to nature to emphasize the glory of God’s creations. In this image the hazy sunshine bathes the scene in a warm glow, highlighting the different textures in each tree, bush, and plant. The animals, rough track, and fences show that this is farmland, but the overgrown vegetation and distant mountaintops suggest the landscape’s original, wild state.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Donated in memory of Lila and A. Russell Ellis by their sons.
- 1859
- Object number
- 1994.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 14 x 24 1/2 in. (35.6 x 62.3 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 14A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\sheep
- Animal\cattle
- Landscape\season\autumn
- Record ID
- saam_1994.82
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ca626b81-a02c-4f41-a051-488977a74a1d
