Brook in the Woods
Type:Painting
Size:14.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Exhibited at Montross Gallery, New York (their gallery label with the title "Brook in the Woods" affixed to the back of the frame).
Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge ART FOR SALE
1820 Springfield, Ohio - 1910 Summit, New Jersey. Known for: Landscape, portrait, marine, and genre painting.
Born in a log cabin and raised on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, on the sparsely settled frontier, Worthington Whittredge was to later establish himself as one of the foremost painters of the Second... Read full biography
Born in a log cabin and raised on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, on the sparsely settled frontier, Worthington Whittredge was to later establish himself as one of the foremost painters of the Second Generation Hudson River School* painters. His artwork incorporates the topographical style of the... Read full biography
Born in a log cabin and raised on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, on the sparsely settled frontier, Worthington Whittredge was to later establish himself as one of the foremost painters of the Second Generation Hudson River School* painters. His artwork incorporates the topographical style of the Hudson River School with the use of light and color typical of the French Barbizon* School and Impressionism. His subjects include the Catskill Mountains in New York and the White Mountains in New... Read full biography
Born in a log cabin and raised on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, on the sparsely settled frontier, Worthington Whittredge was to later establish himself as one of the foremost painters of the Second Generation Hudson River School* painters. His artwork incorporates the topographical style of the Hudson River School with the use of light and color typical of the French Barbizon* School and Impressionism. His subjects include the Catskill Mountains in New York and the White Mountains in New Hampshire, in addition to the Great Plains of the American West. Growing up as a trapper and hunter in Ohio, he had little formal art education. In 1837, at age 17, he went to Cincinnati to work with a brother-in-law, Almon Baldwin, who was a house and... Read full biography
Born in a log cabin and raised on a farm near Springfield, Ohio, on the sparsely settled frontier, Worthington Whittredge was to later establish himself as one of the foremost painters of the Second Generation Hudson River School* painters. His artwork incorporates the topographical style of the Hudson River School with the use of light and color typical of the French Barbizon* School and Impressionism. His subjects include the Catskill Mountains in New York and the White Mountains in New Hampshire, in addition to the Great Plains of the American West. Growing up as a trapper and hunter in Ohio, he had little formal art education. In 1837, at age 17, he went to Cincinnati to work with a brother-in-law, Almon Baldwin, who was a house and sign painter. Whittredge taught himself portrait and landscape painting, experimented briefly in Indianapolis with... Read full biography
Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge - Art for Sale (3 available)
The High Road
Type:Painting
Size:8.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Picnic on the Hudson, ca. 1860
Type:Painting
Year:1860
Size:15.50" x 26.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
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