Winter in the Country

c. 1859

George Henry Durrie

Associated Names
George Henry Durrie

Painter, American, 1820 - 1863

This painting shows a winter landscape with snowy, rural terrain. It includes a large barn, a farmhouse, and some bare trees covered in snow. Some brown cows are fenced in by the barn on the left, and a person walking along a snowy path brings them a bundle of golden hay. The sky is overcast, with dark gray clouds, and the color palette of the painting consists of earth tones with variations of grey and brown among the white snow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 66.7 x 92.1 cm (26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
    framed: 94.6 x 120.3 x 8.3 cm (37 1/4 x 47 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.42.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Vose Galleries, Boston); William H. Claflin III, Belmont, Massachusetts; by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. William H. Claflin III; private collection;[1] purchased 7 June 1999 through (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York) by NGA.
[1] The provenance is from information supplied by the dealer. The title used in their records is Winter Barn.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1977

  • Hutson, Martha Young. George Henry Durrie (1820-1863): American Winter Landscapist Renowned through Currier and Ives. Exh. cat. 4 venues. Santa Barbara, California, 1977: no. 190, fig. 119, as Winter Barn (not shown in exh.).

Inscriptions

lower left: G H Durrie

Wikidata ID

Q20188412

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