On the Hudson, 1860
by Homer Dodge Martin (1836–1897)30⅛ x 56⅜ inches
Signed and dated lower left: Homer / Martin March 1860
Information
Provenance
Thomas Colville Fine Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2004
Private collection, Punta Gorda, Florida, acquired from above, 2004
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2004
Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, acquired from above, 2005
Exhibited
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, The American Masters, October 7–December 30, 2021
Literature
Important American Paintings, Volume XXII: The American Masters (New York: Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, 2021), n.p.
Related Works
Storm King on the Hudson, 1862, oil on canvas, 22 x 38¼ inches; Albany Institute of History & Art, New York
On the Upper Hudson, mid-1860s, oil on canvas, 27 x 40¼ inches; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Artist Biography
American painter most noted for his landscapes and for being one of the first to introduce Impressionism into American painting.
By Tiffany Win
Once hailed the “most poetic of all American landscape painters,” Martin's expressive landscapes are most closely associated with the Hudson River School.
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
Homer Dodge Martin was born on October 28, 1836 in Albany, New York as the youngest of four children. It is said that he was handed a pencil and paper from twenty months of age, and that as a student, he frequently sketched outside scenes instead of
