Home in the Hills / Thomas Doughty
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.241
- Title
- Home in the Hills
- Artist
- Thomas Doughty
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1793-1856
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Irving and Shirley Levitt
- Style/Group/Movement
- Hudson River School
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.l.: T DOUGHTY
- Dimensions
- 46.4 cm x 61.4 cm (18 1/4 in. x 24 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- This landscape painting shows rounded green mountains receding into the distance and soft sunlight streaming through billowy white clouds. In the foreground, painted in tones of dark brown and green, there is a rocky formation and a small waterfall formed by a stream passing over the rocks. One tall tree with lush greenery stands on the far left and a smaller tree frames the scene on the right. In the central part of the painting there is a stone house and pond. A few figures are scattered in this grassy area and someone stands in the open doorway of the house. The background shows a wide valley extending into the distance. Spots of sunlight highlight areas of the landscape such as the waterfall, the house, tree formations and the hillside above the house.
- Subject Matter
- Thomas Doughty was a well-known American landscape painter during the first half of the 19th century. This scene is an example of his evocative approach to landscape painting. Rather than showing a specific location, he constructed a scene of domestic tranquility within the natural beauty of the American wilderness. However, the cultivated land, with house, pond and human figures, is seen through the dark and wild vegetation of the forest surrounding it. Trees frame the composition on each side and lead the viewer's eye into the painting.
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- deciduous trees
- figures
- hills
- house
- houses
- landscapes (environments)
- rocks
- trees
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- geography
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- waterscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 941 x 699
- File Size
- 55 KB
- Record
- 1983/2.241
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.241/1983_2.241.jpg
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"Home in the Hills; Thomas Doughty." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.241/1983_2.241.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
