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Valley Landscape in Moonlight
Asher Brown Durand1859
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Asher Durand spent the first two decades of his working life as an engraver. During the 1830s he turned to painting portraits, and then, encouraged by Thomas Cole, to landscapes. By the 1840s Durand was concentrating on landscapes exclusively. Working in New York City, he became a close colleague of Cole, and served as president of the National Academy of Design. He regularly ventured into remote areas of the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains to make sketches, which he used in the landscapes composed in his studio during the winter.
This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' many drawings albums.
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- Title: Valley Landscape in Moonlight
- Creator: Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
- Date Created: 1859
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796-1886)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: pencil on paper, heightened with white
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower left: A.B. Durand 1859
- Exhibitions: American Drawings from the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987., The American Artist as Painter and Draftsman. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2001.
- Dimensions: H: 7 13/16 x W: 5 7/16 in. (19.8 x 13.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1579
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