Hudson River School review at the New Britain Museum of American Art
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New Britain, Connecticut

I made this trip with my family to the New Britain Museum of American Art to study some of the Hudson River School paintings that are in the museum's permanent collection. Below are a series of photographs that I captured showing various closeup details for several oil paintings. The closeup details are very informative, and by studying them, a person can start to appreciate and understand how the painting layers were constructed. The colors in these photographs are not modified from my digital camera, they may not represent the colors of the actual paintings that are hanging in the museum, but they are relatively close.
"The Boating Party" by George W. Waters

The Boating Party ca. 1870s
Oil on Canvas
Harriet Russel Stanley Fund
2005.04



"Sunday Morning" by Asher Brown Durand

Sunday Morning, 1860
Oil on Canvas
Charles F. Smith Fund 1963.04
(Note: The gallery lighting creates the illusion that the sun
is located in the center of the painting, the real
location of the sun is about 2 o'clock (far right side)
and off the canvas.)

















"Scene Near Fishkill Hudson River" by Paul Weber

Scene Near Fishkill Hudson River, 1855
Oil on Canvas
Promised gift of Harriet and Walter Huber
2007.40


"Ipwich Marshes" by Martin Johnson Heade

Ipwich Marshes, 1867
Oil on Canvas
Stephen B Lawrence Fund 1961.16


"West Rock, New Haven" by Frederic Edwin Church

West Rock, New Haven, 1849
John Butler Talcott Fund
Oil on Canvas





"The Wilds of Lake Superior" by Thomas Moran

The Wilds of Lake Superior, 1864
Oil on Canvas
Charles F. Smith Fund
1944.04
"Midwinter Moonlight" by Francois Gignoux

Midwinter Moonlight, before 1869
Oil on Board
Charles F. Smith Fund