Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695
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Museums page for George Durrie ((1820 - 1863)), known for Snowscene painter-animal, portrait, genre. Showing 19 museum collections and exhibitions.
George Durrie MUSEUMS
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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About George Durrie: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (19)
All MuseumsFenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8
Madrid, SpainMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968R W Norton Art Gallery
4747 Creswell Ave.
Shreveport, LA 71106The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271