Tennessee
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 3/4 x 53 3/4 in. (88.3 x 136.5 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. George E. Schanck, in memory of her brother, Arthur Hoppock Hearn, 1913
Accession Number
13.53
Tags
Art Historical Context
Alexander H. Wyant's *Tennessee* (1866) is a captivating oil-on-canvas landscape measuring 34¾ × 53¾ inches, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's American Wing. This expansive work depicts a tranquil river scene amid the lush, untamed terrain of Tennessee, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the American South's natural splendor. The tags—rivers, landscapes—highlight its focus on watery expanses and verdant horizons, rendered with the meticulous detail typical of 19th-century landscape painting. Painted in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, during the nation's Reconstructi...