#Asher Brown Durand

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KINDRED SPIRITS /1849/ by ASHER B. DURAND

This artwork was a last tribute to Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School of Art, who passed away unexpectedly at 47. Commissioned in the year of Cole's death, 1848. It was meant as a gesture of appreciation for the poet, William Cullen Bryant, who spoke at Thomas Cole's memorial service.

The painting shows the poet William Cullen Bryant and artist Thomas Cole at the Catskill Mountains. Cole holds his painting portfolio on the right side. Cole established the Hudson River School of Art, showcasing the American landscape through Romanticism principles highlighting the picturesque, pastoral, and sublime.

Durand made a combined scenery incorporating Kaaterskill Clove and Kaaterskill Falls, which were sources of inspiration for both artists. Durand skillfully merged these two well-known spots to create a stunning scenery. Cole and Bryant's surnames are depicted as though engraved on a tree in the front of the painting on the left side of the canvas.

William Cullen Bryant was an American poet, author, and publisher. He is seen as a poet who focused on important themes such as nature and morality, known for his Fireside style. The artwork was titled after a phrase from the seventh sonnet of English Romantic poet John Keats, called "O Solitude."

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Woodland Glen painted by Asher Brown Durand (1796 - 1886)

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Sunday Morning by Asher Brown Durand, 1839.

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Natur-Studie: Ein Birkenbaum von Asher Brown Durand (1860, Öl auf Leinwand)

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Summer Afternoon, 1865 by Asher Brown Durand

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Kindred spirits (Asher Brown Durand, 1849)

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Forest in the Morning Light, c. 1855 by Asher Brown Durand

Original public domain image via the National Gallery, digitally restored by me (removed yellowing varnish using division blending)

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Asher B. Durand, Ariadne, ca. 1831-1835, oil/canvas (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Study of Rocks in Pearson's Ravine by Asher Brown Durand

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Ariadne, Ca. 1831-1835

100+ Very High Resolution Art Pics

[pmamtraveller]

KINDRED SPIRITS (1849) by ASHER DURAND

KINDRED SPIRITS by ASHER BROWN DURAND is a significant AMERICAN landscape painting that depicts THOMAS COLE, another prominent artist of the period and WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, the poet.

This painting was commissioned after COLE'S death as a memorial to COLE, who was widely regarded as one of the most influential AMERICAN landscape painters of the nineteenth century. This painting is included in a monograph exhibition about DURAND’S career that features 57 of AMERICA'S most iconic 19th century landscape paintings.

DURAND was part of a group of painters known as the “HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL”, who concentrated on landscape painting and were renowned for their meticulous attention to detail in their work. DURAND’s KINDRED SPIRITS is one of the finest examples of this style, drawing attention to geological formations, plant life and other life-giving elements in his depictions of mountain ranges.

The gift from DURAND to BRYANT symbolizes the friendship of two intellectuals and has since become an important piece of American art history. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS are portrayed with intricate detail combined with vivid colors offering an immersive experience for viewers looking at this remarkable piece.

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Sunday Morning painted by Asher Brown Durand (1796 - 1886)

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The Babbling Brook by Asher Brown Durand, 1851.

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Die einsame Eiche Die alte Eiche von Asher Brown Durand (1844, Öl auf Leinwand)

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Edit after Asher Brown Durand (The Beeches) (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (Ed. Lic.: CC BY-NC 3.0)

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Happy Summer Solstice, my loves! May your summer be filled with bright love and sweet indolence.

In Summer Time

When summer time has come, and all

The world is in the magic thrall

Of perfumed airs that lull each sense

To fits of drowsy indolence;

When skies are deepest blue above,

And flow'rs aflush,—then most I love

To start, while early dews are damp,

And wend my way in woodland tramp

Where forests rustle, tree on tree,

And sing their silent songs to me;

Where pathways meet and pathways part,—

To walk with Nature heart by heart,

Till wearied out at last I lie

Where some sweet stream steals singing by

A mossy bank; where violets vie

In color with the summer sky,—

Or take my rod and line and hook,

And wander to some darkling brook,

Where all day long the willows dream,

And idly droop to kiss the stream,

And there to loll from morn till night—

Unheeding nibble, run, or bite—

Just for the joy of being there

And drinking in the summer air,

The summer sounds, and summer sights,

That set a restless mind to rights

When grief and pain and raging doubt

Of men and creeds have worn it out;

The birds' song and the water's drone,

The humming bee's low monotone,

The murmur of the passing breeze,

And all the sounds akin to these,

That make a man in summer time

Feel only fit for rest and rhyme.

Joy springs all radiant in my breast;

Though pauper poor, than king more blest,

The tide beats in my soul so strong

That happiness breaks forth in song,

And rings aloud the welkin blue

With all the songs I ever knew.

O time of rapture! time of song!

How swiftly glide thy days along

Adown the current of the years,

Above the rocks of grief and tears!

'Tis wealth enough of joy for me

In summer time to simply be.

—Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872 – 1906

"Summer Afternoon," Painting by Asher Brown Durand, 1865