The Connecticut Valley

mid 19th century

Thomas Chambers

Associated Names
Thomas Chambers

Artist, American, 1808 - 1866 or after

This painting features a landscape with trees and foliage in dark greens, browns, and orange-red tones. In front of us, a steep mountain rises, covered with detailed trees in shades of green, orange, and yellow. Behind it, a river winds from left to right, the bank lined with more green trees and small white buildings, with several small white boats floating on the surface of the gray water. Behind the river are more mountains, some fading into the distance, painted in muted blues and greens. The blue sky has puffy clouds in shades of white, pale yellow, light gray, and darker gray.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from the Hudson River Valley, New York. Purchased in 1949 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 80.

1955

  • American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1957

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957.

1968

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 7.

1978

  • The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1985

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exhibiton by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 17, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1988

  • La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 17, repro.

2010

  • American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 38, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 127, repro.

1981

  • Jaros, Sheree. "The View from Mt. Holyoke." In Arcadian Vales: Views of the Connecticut River Valley. Exh. cat. George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1981: 58-59.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 49-50, color repro. 50.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 137, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185028

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