Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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15.0 Landscapes, 1858–1879
Johnson did few landscapes. Of those he did, he seems never to have sent them out on exhibition. The first landscapes were done early on in his European sojourn. Upon returning to the United States he painted a few landscape scenes around Mount Vernon and also views of the settlements around Lake Superior where he traveled in 1856. Later, in the 1860s, he made intimate views on his trips into nature, probably done with men friends in the summers. The few that exist show sunlight falling on paths that lead through woodland trees or suggest a haze on quiet lakes. None of them are dramatic views of mountains or rivers. —PH
Hills no. 15.0.1
Baur no. 115
Landscape
Alternate titles: A Woodland Pathway; Landscape (Path through the Woods)
c.1860–69
Oil on board
14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (36.8 x 27 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
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Markings
Verso, inscribed in blunt pencil: Eastman Johnson; inscribed in pencil with a finer line: Eastman Johnson; inscribed, in dark crayon: K 22
References
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), no. 115, as Landscape.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 1992-10-24; 1992-10-28; 2013
Examination notes: Highlight on foreground rock—like shed in field. Eye pulls back to a spot of sunshine. Trees in background; paint handled with finesse. Light blue shining through trees with trunks in front.
Record last updated July 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Landscape, c.1860–69 (Hills no. 15.0.1)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=210 (accessed on December 2, 2024).