New Bedford, Massachusetts

1860-1870

William Allen Wall

Associated Names
William Allen Wall

Artist, American, 1801 - 1885

The image depicts a landscape with a river, trees, rocks, and a town silhouette in the background. A figure in red is sitting on rocks near a grassy patch. The painting shows finely detailed brushstrokes depicting foliage, rocks, and textures. The color palette is soft and earthy with greens, browns, and light blues dominating, along with hues of pale pink and cream in the sky.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. E. Rueff; Mrs. Ruth Sally Curtis, Norwood, Pennsylvania; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Tour of Canada), 1977-1979

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1983

  • Images of the Land: 200 Years of Landscape Painting in the Northeastern United States, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1983

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 6, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: W A Wall

Wikidata ID

Q64636175

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