Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Louis Remy Mignot, ctd

 Niagara (1866)

 Parting Day / Dies like the dolphin, whom each / 
pang imbues / with a new color as it gasps / away (1867)

 River Scene, Ecuador (I) (1857)

 The Harvest Moon (1860)

 Twilight on the Passaic (1861)

 Twilight (1867)

 View across the Valley of Pierstorn, New York, from a Point above Cascade Hills (1858)

 Winter (also known as Sunset in the Forest) (1862)

 Winter Scene, Holland (1850)

Winter Scene (1856)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Thomas Hovenden

Thomas Hovenden (1840-1895) was an Irish-born American painter.

A Wayside Chat (1875)

 Breaking Home Ties (1890)

 Contentment (1881)

 Hoc Signo Vinces (In this sign shalt thou conquer) (1880)

 Self Portrait of the Artist in His Studio (1875)

 The Death of Elaine (1882)

 The Last Moments of John Brown (1884)

 The Story of the Hunt (1880)

Their Pride (1888?)

Monday, September 10, 2012

Winslow Homer, ctd

 Dressing for the Carnival (1877)

 Eagle Head, Massachusetts, High Tide (1870)

 East Hampton, Long Island (1874)

 Eight Bells (1886)

 End of the Portage (1897)

 Feeding Time (1878)

 Fisherwives (1883)

 Flamborough Head, England (1882)

 Girl and Daisies (1878)

 Fresh Eggs (1874)

Girl and Laurel (1879)

Friday, September 7, 2012

Cornelius Krieghoff, ctd

Indian Encampment by a River (ca. 1850)

 Indian Woman, Moccasin Seller (ca. 1855)

 Indians Hunting a Caribou (ca. 1860)

 Indians in the Employ of the Hudson's Bay Company at Portage (1858)

 J. B. Jolifou, Aubergiste (1871)

 Jam of Sawlogs, Shawinigan Falls (1862)

 Lake Memphremagog (ca. 1860)

 Log Cabin, Winter Scene, Lake St. Charles (ca. 1862)

Log Hut on the St. Maurice (1862)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Albert Bierstadt, ctd

 Moose Hunters' Camp (ca. 1880)

 Mount Corcoran (1876-77)

 Niagara Falls

 On the Saco (1886)

 Oregon Trail (1863)

 Rocky Mountains (engraved by James David Smillie)

 Seal Rocks (1872)

 Seals on the Rocks, Farallon Islands (1873)

Sunlight and Shadow (1862)

I had the good fortune to see the last painting, Sunlight and Shadow, in person at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco last week. While it's a nice image on the computer, the real thing is stunning.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

George Inness, ctd

 Afterglow on the Prairie (1856)

 Etretat (1875)

 Green Marshes (ca. 1889)

 Harvest Moon

Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley (1867)

 Hillside at Etretat (1876)

Home at Montclair (1892)

 Late Afternoon (1882)

 Lone Farm, Nantucket (1892)

Monastery at Albano (1875)