SOLD Landscape
by Thomas Doughty (1791–1856)18 x 24 inches
Signed middle right: T. DOUGHTY
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Provenance
American Art Union, New York, New York, by 1846
J.J. Simpson (Stimson), Providence, Rhode Island
Daughter of above, from above
Reverend Diman, Providence, Rhode Island, husband of above
Reverend Diman, Providence, Rhode Island, son of above, from above
Sister of above, Providence, Rhode Island, from above
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Porter, bequeathed from above, by 1973
Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts, by descent from above
David Findlay Jr. Inc., New York, New York
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2007
Private collection, Jupiter, Florida, acquired from above, 2010
Exhibited
American Art Union, New York, New York, 1846
Rhode Island Collects, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Thomas Doughty, 1793–1856: An American Pioneer in Landscape Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 19–December 2, 1973; National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection, Washington, DC, December 14, 1973–January 27, 1974; Albany Institute of History & Art, New York, February 14–April 7, 1974, no. 44
Home on the Hudson: Women and Men Painting Landscapes, 1825–1875, Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York, June 6–September 7, 2009
Literature
(Possibly) John Alan Walker, “Thomas Doughty Checklist,” Fine Art Source Material Newsletter 1 (1971): 8, no. 91.
Frank H. Goodyear, Thomas Doughty, 1793–1856: An American Pioneer in Landscape Painting (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1973), 29, no. 44.
Katherine E. Manthorne, Home on the Hudson: Women and Men Painting Landscapes, 1825–1875 (Garrison, NY: Boscobel House and Gardens, 2009), 21, 26.
Artist Biography
America’s first native landscape painter
By William Tylee Ranney Abbott
The paintings of Thomas Doughty represent America’s earliest tradition of landscape painting. His intense admiration for nature resulted in painterly depictions of the utmost truthfulness. The popularity of this new development facilitated the advancement of the landscape painting tradition in the United States, paving the way for future masters such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church.
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