Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
c. 1861
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About this work
Sanford Robinson Gifford was a key figure of the Hudson River School, the group of landscape painters that flourished in the New York region in the mid-19th century. The Catskill Mountains were an important subject for Gifford, who made drawings and oil sketches like this one during excursions in the area; such works often served as source material for larger compositions produced later in his studio. Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills is a swift, freely rendered depiction of evanescent mist above a pond and brilliantly illuminated clouds amid a low sun. Two men attending a boat on the shore give the mountainous scene a sense of grandeur despite the painting’s small dimensions.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 17.2 × 24.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 2 owners · 3 exhibitions
Provenance
- Estate of the artist.
- Alexander Gallery, New York, by 1986; sold to Jamee J. and Marshall Field, Chicago; given by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.
Exhibitions
- New York, Alexander Gallery, Sanford R. Gifford, Mar. 20–Apr. 19, 1986, Dallas Museum of Art, 'That Earlier, Wilder Image': Sketches by American Landscape Painters, 1830–1880, June 14–Sept. 13, 1998, cat.; Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Oct. 11, 1998–Jan. 10, 1999; Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Feb. 6–May 9, 1999.
- London, Tate Gallery, American Sublime, Feb. 20–May 19, 2002; Munich, Haus der Kunst, June 13–Sept. 1, 2002, Minneapolis, Institute of Fine Arts, Sept. 22–Nov. 17, 2002.
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford, Oct. 7, 2003–Feb. 8, 2004, cat.; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, Mar. 4–May 16, 2004; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, June 27–Sept. 26, 2004.
