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Title
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Autumn - On the Hudson River
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Description
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This monumental view of the Hudson River Valley was painted from memory in the artist's London studio. Cropsey adopted a high vantage point, looking southeast toward the distant Hudson River and the flank of Storm King Mountain. A small stream leads from the foreground, where three hunters and their dogs gaze into the sunlight. All along the meandering tributary there are signs of man's peaceful coexistence with nature: a small log cabin, grazing sheep, children playing on a bridge, and cows standing placidly in the water. Here, man neither conquers nor is subservient to nature; both coexist harmoniously. In fact, the landscape is depicted as a ready arena for further agricultural expansion. Cropsey's painting is a celebration of American nationalism.
National Gallery of Art, Washington [website]; http://www.nga.gov/home.htm (accessed 5/30/2009)
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Identifier
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mmoxley
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Relation
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http://core.vraweb.org/examples/html/example026_full.html
[imageOf 26, Core 4 Sample Database (VCat)]
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Type
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Oil painting
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Creator
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Jasper Francis Cropsey (American painter, 1823-1900)
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Date
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1860 (creation)
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Format
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151.8 cm (height) x 274.9 cm (width, without frame)
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Spatial Coverage
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National Gallery of Art (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
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Medium
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oil paint on canvas
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Provenance
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National Gallery of Art (Washington, District of Columbia, United States), Gift of the Avalon Foundation [location note]
