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James McDougal Hart Art

American, 1828-1901
Hart was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and was taken to America with his family in early youth. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, as were his younger sister Julie Hart Beers and his two daughters, both figure painters, Letitia Bonnet Hart (1867 - Sept. 1953) and Mary Theresa Hart (1872–1942). Another niece, Annie L. Y. Orff, became an editor and publisher. In Albany, New York he trained with a sign and carriage maker— possibly the same employer that had taken on his brother in his early career. James later returned to Europe for serious artistic training, studying in Munich and as a pupil of Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Along with most of the major landscape artists of the time, Hart based his operations in New York City and adopted the style of the Hudson River School. While he and his brother William often painted similar landscape subjects, James may have been more inclined to paint exceptionally large works. An example is The Old Homestead (1862), 42 x 68 inches, in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. James may have been exposed to large paintings while studying in Düsseldorf, a center of realist art pedagogy that also shaped the practices of Albert Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge. Like his brother William, James excelled at painting cattle. Kevin J. Avery writes, "the bovine subjects that once distinguished [his works] now seem the embodiment of Hart's artistic complacency." In contrast with the complacency of some of his cattle scenes, his major landscape paintings are considered important works of the Hudson River School. A particularly fine example is Summer in the Catskills, now in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain.
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"Morning in the Adirondacks"
By James McDougal Hart
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"Morning in the Adirondacks" James garnished his landscapes with barnyard animals, chiefly cows, and painted them with such fidelity that his delighted customers thought they could d...
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19th Century James McDougal Hart Art

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Oil

View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
By James McDougal Hart
Located in New York, NY
JAMES MCDOUGAL HART (1828–1901) View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 Oil on canvas 26 3/16 x 36 1⁄4 inches Signed lower center Exhibition History: National ...
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19th Century Hudson River School James McDougal Hart Art

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Oil

Summer at the Farm by James McDougal Hart (American, 1828-1901)
By James McDougal Hart
Located in New York, NY
"Summer at the Farm," by Hudson River School painter James McDougal Hart (American, 1833-1915) is oil on canvas and measures 14 x 24 inches. It is signed and dated by Hart at the low...
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19th Century Hudson River School James McDougal Hart Art

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James McDougal Hart "Cattle at Water's Edge" Original Painting, circa 1890
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James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) "Cattle at Water's Edge" original painting, circa 1890s Original oil on panel. Dimensions: 8" x 5.5". The frame measures: 11" x 8". Signed in the lower right corner. Very good antique condition. Born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, James Hart was a leading figure of the second generation Hudson River School painters and was known for idyllic landscapes, especially with cows. His family teased him about his painting of farm animals...
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Late 19th Century American Antique James McDougal Hart Art

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Pastoral Landscape titled "Cows Resting"
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James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) was a prominent American landscape painter and a key figure in the Hudson River School. His landscapes are characterized by their serene and idyllic q...
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A Day in November, 1863 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
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