Cows in a Pond at Sunset

Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880) →

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Date

1860

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19.1 × 35.9 cm (7 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection

Landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford portrayed the glowing light of sunset with brief brushstrokes and a limited, terracotta palette in this small oil sketch. With gradated bands of color, the artist captured the transitory moment’s golden, expansive sky and its reflection on the watering hole below. The bucolic scene evokes the tranquility and romance of nature. Across the pond, a home in the wilderness indicates man’s harmonious relation to the land.

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