The Beeches

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The Beeches is a celebrated 1845 landscape painting by American artist Asher B. Durand, exemplifying the Hudson River School’s detailed, idealized depictions of the American wilderness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting
painting
artisticStyle detailed representation
idealized landscape
luminist qualities
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator Asher B. Durand
depicts American wilderness
beech trees
cattle
figures in a landscape
forest landscape
pastoral scene
stream
sunlit clearing
describedAs celebrated 19th-century American landscape
genre Hudson River School
hasArtHistoricalSignificance exemplifies Hudson River School ideals
important example of American landscape painting
hasCreatorNationality American
hasPart background hills
cloudy sky
foreground trees
middle ground pasture
inception 1845
influencedBy European landscape painting
Thomas Cole
languageOfWork none
mainSubject beech grove
materialUsed oil paint
movement Hudson River School
movementCharacteristic attention to botanical detail
emphasis on American nature
tranquil, harmonious composition
notableWorkOf Asher B. Durand
partOf Hudson River School
surface form: Hudson River School canon
surface canvas
timePeriod 19th century
yearCompleted 1845

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Asher B. Durand notableWork The Beeches