George Henry Durrie

American Painter, 1820-1863,American painter. Durrie and his older brother John (1818-98) studied sporadically from 1839 to 1841 with the portrait painter Nathaniel Jocelyn. From 1840 to 1842 he was an itinerant painter in Connecticut and New Jersey, finally settling permanently in New Haven. He produced c. 300 paintings, of which the earliest were portraits (e.g. Self-portrait, 1839; Shelburne, VT, Mus.); by the early 1850s he had begun to paint the rural genre scenes and winter landscapes of New England that are considered his finest achievement. His landscapes, for example A Christmas Party (1852; Tulsa, OK, Gilcrease Inst. Amer. Hist. & A.), are characterized by the use of pale though cheerful colours and by the repeated use of certain motifs: an isolated farmhouse, a road placed diagonally leading the eye into the composition, and a hill (usually the West or East Rocks, New Haven) in the distance. By the late 1850s Durrie's reputation had started to grow, and he was exhibiting at prestigious institutions, such as the National Academy of Design. In 1861 the firm of Currier & Ives helped popularize his work by publishing prints of two of his winter landscapes,


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George Henry Durrie Going to Church oil


Going to Church
Painting ID::  83712
Going to Church
Oil on canvas, 22 x 30 in Date 1853(1853) cyf
Oil_on_canvas,_22_x_30_in_ Date_1853(1853) _ cyf
   
   
     

George Henry Durrie Red School House oil


Red School House
Painting ID::  83713
Red School House
Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in Date 1858(1858) cyf
Oil_on_canvas,_26_x_36_in_ Date_1858(1858) _ cyf
   
   
     

George Henry Durrie The Old Grist Mill oil


The Old Grist Mill
Painting ID::  83718
The Old Grist Mill
Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in Date 1862(1862) cyf
Oil_on_canvas,_26_x_36_in_ Date_1862(1862) _ cyf
   
   
     

George Henry Durrie Winter Farmyard and Sleigh oil


Winter Farmyard and Sleigh
Painting ID::  83720
Winter Farmyard and Sleigh
Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in Date 1860(1860) cyf
Oil_on_canvas,_26_x_36_in_ Date_1860(1860) _ cyf
   
   
     

George Henry Durrie Winter in the Country oil


Winter in the Country
Painting ID::  83722
Winter in the Country
Oil on canvas, 26 x 36 in Date 1861(1861) cyf
Oil_on_canvas,_26_x_36_in_ Date_1861(1861) _ cyf
   
   
     

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     American Painter, 1820-1863,American painter. Durrie and his older brother John (1818-98) studied sporadically from 1839 to 1841 with the portrait painter Nathaniel Jocelyn. From 1840 to 1842 he was an itinerant painter in Connecticut and New Jersey, finally settling permanently in New Haven. He produced c. 300 paintings, of which the earliest were portraits (e.g. Self-portrait, 1839; Shelburne, VT, Mus.); by the early 1850s he had begun to paint the rural genre scenes and winter landscapes of New England that are considered his finest achievement. His landscapes, for example A Christmas Party (1852; Tulsa, OK, Gilcrease Inst. Amer. Hist. & A.), are characterized by the use of pale though cheerful colours and by the repeated use of certain motifs: an isolated farmhouse, a road placed diagonally leading the eye into the composition, and a hill (usually the West or East Rocks, New Haven) in the distance. By the late 1850s Durrie's reputation had started to grow, and he was exhibiting at prestigious institutions, such as the National Academy of Design. In 1861 the firm of Currier & Ives helped popularize his work by publishing prints of two of his winter landscapes,

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