Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Study for the View from South Mountain in the Catskills
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American painter, 1823-1880)
Location:
repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 2016.22
Location Note:
7 Congress Square
GPS:
43.653611-70.262222
Date:
1873 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Hudson River School; Luminist; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
8.5 in (height) x 15.5 in (width)
Subjects:
landscape; sketch; oil study; mountains; hikers; Luminism
Description:
Gifford belonged to the second generation of 19th-century Romantic landscape painters who resided principally in New York State, often referred to collectively as the Hudson River school. Gifford is usually grouped with the Luminists, a subgroup among the school, however his treatment of light is often filtered through hazy veils of moisture, which helps establish an overall tonal unity in the picture. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GIFFORD-SSMC-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Study for the View from South Mountain in the Catskills