Trees on a Rocky Hillside
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 42.5 × 61.3 cm · framed: 64.8 × 83.2 × 7.9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1968.21
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Durand was one of the first American artists to paint outdoors, rather than in the confines of a studio, which was the longstanding tradition. This outdoor oil sketch of a seemingly random corner of the woods offers an intimate view of a rock outcropping amid lush vegetation. Its small-scale, unusually cropped composition contrasts with the sweeping vistas in many other landscapes of the era.