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Rocky Shore

An important figure in the second generation of Hudson River School painters, Whittredge was a friend and sketching companion of several of the artists on view here, including Sanford Gifford, William Haseltine, and Jervis McEentee. In this small coastal scene, probably of Newport, Rhode Island, Whittredge experimented with the broad, richly textured manner of the French Barbizon school—a style that would characterize his landscapes after 1880.

Artist: Worthington Whittredge, American, 1820-1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1867
Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 20 1/4 in. (35.2 x 51.4 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "W Whittredge 1867"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 51.191
Credit Line: Gift of Charles D. Childs
Image: Overall, 51.191_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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