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Catalog Number |
1.1.0016 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Artist |
Hart, William, 1823-1894 |
Artist's Role |
Artist |
Title |
Crossroad by a Village |
Description |
This landscape by artist William Hart is oval in composition and features the greenery, tools, and buildings that one would expect to see on the border of a nineteenth-century village. A picturesque blue sky is spotted with full white clouds. The work's pervading sense of simplicity suggests the lightness and ease of everyday rural life. |
Date |
n.d. |
Green-Wood Connection |
Artist William Hart (1823-1894) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 19066, Sec. 108). |
Signed Name |
W.M. Hart |
Signature Location |
Lower left |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Panel |
Dimensions |
H-9 W-14.25 inches |
People |
Hart, William, 1823-1894 |
Subjects |
Art Landscape paintings Oil paintings |
Search Terms |
Hudson River school of landscape painting |