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George Harvey

Newburgh on Hudson, 1872

Description

Maker

  • George Harvey, 1806-1876, English

Title

Newburgh on Hudson

Year

1872

Medium

Oil on panel

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • wood panel (cradled)

Dimensions

74.3 x 109.9 cm (29 1/4 x 43 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed LC in red:G. HARVEY / 1872

Place

USA

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.174

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

Despite the bucolic appearance of this wide Hudson Valley vista, Harvey includes evidence of industry and of man’s shaping of the landscape: barges and a steamship head down the river towards New York City and in the highly manicured garden, a man pushes a lawn mower.

Trained in the British topographical tradition of watercolor painting, Harvey utilized the same level of site-specificity and detail in his oil painting. He had returned to his native England around 1850, but visited the Hudson Valley on subsequent trips and remained familiar with the particularities of its wildlife, towns, and geography.

After Eden

April 26 - December 29, 1996

Masterpieces from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

July 18 - September 14, 1979

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

Days Gone By

July 1 - September 26, 1971

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