James McDougal Hart Paintings
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.to
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Artist: James McDougal Hart
"Morning in the Adirondacks"
By James McDougal Hart
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"Morning in the Adirondacks"
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19th Century James McDougal Hart Paintings
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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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Late 18th Century Hudson River School James McDougal Hart Paintings
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View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
By James McDougal Hart
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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 Paintings
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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 Paintings
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A Day in November, 1863 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
By James McDougal Hart
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A prominent 19th century landscapist, Hudson River School painter James McDougal Hart's (1828-1901) A Day in November, 1863 is oil on canvas and measures 10.5 x 18 inches. The painti...
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Oil, Canvas
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