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1820 Hartford, Connecticut - 1863 New Haven, Connecticut. Known for: Snowscene painter-animal, portrait, genre.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural... Read full biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting. His... Read full biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting. His paintings "provide an excellent record of rural life in the mid-nineteenth century . and his carefully recorded details of nature and foliage added authenticity to his depictions." (Reed 15). He began... Read full biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting. His paintings "provide an excellent record of rural life in the mid-nineteenth century . and his carefully recorded details of nature and foliage added authenticity to his depictions." (Reed 15). He began the study of art in New Haven in 1839 with portraitist Nathaniel Jocelyn, and traveled about the Connecticut and New Jersey countryside filling commissions. He also painted still lifes, genre, and scenes from Shakespeare. He is credited with making... Read full biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting. His paintings "provide an excellent record of rural life in the mid-nineteenth century . and his carefully recorded details of nature and foliage added authenticity to his depictions." (Reed 15). He began the study of art in New Haven in 1839 with portraitist Nathaniel Jocelyn, and traveled about the Connecticut and New Jersey countryside filling commissions. He also painted still lifes, genre, and scenes from Shakespeare. He is credited with making the discovery that farm landscape scenes are more appealing when they appear to be covered with snow, he... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Virginia Before 1900
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Added Description
- •Currier & Ives Artist
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts