The Charter Oak
American Hudson River School Painter, 1826-1900 ..American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. This was an unusual honour mk48
1847
Oil on canvas
22 1/8x30 1/8in
Olana State Historic Site,New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation
Painting ID:: 26169
"The Charter Oak," oil on canvas, by American artist Charles De Wolf Brownell. Courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Painting ID:: 72632
The Charter Oak "The Charter Oak," oil on canvas, by American artist Charles De Wolf Brownell. Courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
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