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Asher Brown Durand: The Indian's Vespers  wikidata:Q20737402 reasonator:Q20737402
Artist
Asher Brown Durand  (1796–1886)  wikidata:Q391608
 
Asher Brown Durand
Alternative names
Asher B. Durand; Durand; A. B. Durand; Asher Brown] [Durand
Description American painter, engraver and photographer
Date of birth/death 21 August 1796 Edit this at Wikidata 17 September 1886 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Maplewood Edit this at Wikidata Maplewood Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
New York
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q391608
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Title
The Indian's Vespers
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1847
date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 117.2 cm (46.1 in); width: 158.1 cm (62.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,117.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,158.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q35525
Current location
Washington, D.C., United States
Accession number
1963.506.1 (White House) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes Notes from The White House Historical Association:
"Durand . . . had been notified by a letter of February 26, 1847, that the American Art-Union wished to commission him 'to paint for the institution . . . a landscape . . . . The subject and size to be left to your own choice.' . . . "Durand seized the opportunity . . . . "The Indian, his arms raised to the sun in praise, is bathed in a yellow- and pink-hued light. He is further emphasized by the brilliant path of the sun's reflections on one of those 'lakes embosomed in ancient forests' that Durand praised as original features of the American landscape . . . . ". . . The central stand mediates between the fallen trees, tangled growth, and misty hills on the left and, on the right, the blossoming plants and the young trees on the shore of the unspoiled lake. At its base, like a cenotaph, is a blasted tree trunk. . . . Durand has summoned virgin forests, vast waters, insubstantial mists, man in his natural state, and the sun's unifying eye to evoke the ancient roots and yearnings of mankind."
References Google Arts & Culture asset ID: jAGWF6dWRLwziQ Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer The White House Historical Association
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