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Testing the Fates

Adolphe Monticelli · c. 1860 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.66

A dirt path winds through a dense forest with leaves that glow gold around silvery-gray boulders in this vertical landscape painting. Close to us, the boulders are partially covered with moss and growth in shades of green and russet red. Sunlight from the upper right catches a sapling crowned with flame-red leaves that angles in from the lower right corner of the painting. Beyond it leafy yellow-green shrubs crowd beside two more putty-gray boulders. The path recedes just left of center and is lined by trees covered with rough bark. The path ends at a fiery copper glow in the distance. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower right corner: “WM. T. Richards Phil. 1863.”
William Trost Richards, October, 1863, oil on canvas, The William Stamps Farish Fund, 2003.29.1

October

William Trost Richards · 1863 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2003.29.1

The painting depicts a landscape with a field, trees, and a dramatic cloudy sky. Grass, rocks, and a group of large trees are visible in the center of the composition. Below the trees, there is a small shape that could be a person looking up. Farther back, there are some small triangular structures that might be houses. The brushstrokes are expressive and not much detail is visible in the smaller shapes. The grass and foliage is pained in earthy tones of brown, orange, and green, while the sky is blue with areas of thick gray and white clouds.
Jules Dupré, The Old Oak, c. 1870, oil on canvas, Gift of R. Horace Gallatin, 1949.1.5

The Old Oak

Jules Dupré · c. 1870 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1949.1.5

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A Misty Day, November

Jervis McEntee · c. 1880/1890 · oil on board ·  Accession ID  2020.161.1