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Worthington Whittredge
Picnic on the Hudson

c. 1860-1861

$30,000
£22,572.21
€26,071.38
CA$42,397.83
A$46,008.11
CHF 24,380.24
MX$564,267.06
NOK 301,703.76
SEK 285,094.08
DKK 194,635.89

About the Item

Picnic on the Hudson is a significant canvas painted circa 1860 as Whittredge was purposely transitioning his European training and experience into a purely American style and genre. He had returned from Europe and embarked upon a series of sketching and painting trips along the Hudson River. The work of Asher B. Durand had a fresh and crucial impact on Whittredge, and he was determined to adopt some of Durand’s manner of landscape painting into his own work. He was inspired to paint the great river using a luminist approach and with the challenge of interspersing numerous figures along the riverbank. It may have been Winslow Homer’s illustrations of similar compositions and themes, fashionable and well known at this time that led Whittredge to render a series of works based on this idea. An extensive write-up on this work was put together by the Expert on Whittredge, Anthony Janson and is available on request and will accompany the painting to the purchaser. Provenance: Purchased prior to 1900 by the Scovell family of White Plains, New York Descended in the family Charles L. Flint, Lenox, Mass. The painting is not signed but as the expert explains - most Whittredge paintings were not signed and it is more problematic when they were as these often were not his signatures. The canvas inside of the frame measures 15.5 x 26 inches This is a wonderful example of both Whittredge's work, of early Hudson River School painting at its finest and of a site specific painting done on the Hudson. This painting has a beautiful surface and visually presents very well. It has been relined due to a tear - but the tear was clean and well restored and does not visually present itself. Do to its subject matter and date this painting would price out much higher so condition has been taken into consideration.
  • Creator:
    Worthington Whittredge (1820 - 1910, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1860-1861
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 33.5 in (85.09 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    The painting has been relined due to a tear that went across the canvas but was clean and not a lot of inpaint. Frame - good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1413212898252

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