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The American Asher Brown Durand was a brilliant engraver with a late discovered passion for painting. The artist, who was born in 1796 in New Jersey in the United States, came from a French Huguenot family. As a young man, Durand trained with his father John Durand. His father was a watchmaker. Later, the 17-year-old switched to the engraver Peter Maverick, who taught him the fine arts of copperplate engraving. The youngster showed such great talent combined with diligence that he became Maverick's business partner only five years later. Nevertheless Durand insisted on attending the American Academy of Fine Arts to study fine art. John Trumbull was so enthusiastic about his student that he commissioned him to paint a painting. Durand's painting "The Declaration of Independence" triggered strong feelings of jealousy in his former teacher Maverick, who even felt compelled to dissolve the business partnership. After an initial shock, Durand benefited from this. He started his own business and quickly became America's most successful engraver. During his long career as an engraver Durand engraved countless portraits and book illustrations.
At the age of 38 Durand was tired of engraving and gave up his business. Although he had only painted occasionally before, he wanted to devote himself completely to painting at good luck. The wealthy New York collector Luman Reed was the first prominent client to give him a lucrative commission: he wanted portraits of the early American presidents. A few years later Durand travelled to Europe. As a painter he now wanted to get to know the important works of the Dutch masters of the 17th century and the paintings of Salvator Rosa and Claude Lorrain. Back in his homeland, Durand became president of the National Academy of Design in New York and held this office until he resigned in 1862.
Since Durand was an engraver for a long time of his life, his first paintings are of hard texture. The details are worked out with meticulous accuracy. The colours still look pale. In his later works, however, he found a freer style and developed a love for juicy tones. In his well-known allegories of humanity "The Morning of Life" and "The Evening of Life" he depicted imaginary landscapes in a rich and varied way. He often painted his pictures outdoors. His landscape paintings are fresh interpretations of nature.
The American Asher Brown Durand was a brilliant engraver with a late discovered passion for painting. The artist, who was born in 1796 in New Jersey in the United States, came from a French Huguenot family. As a young man, Durand trained with his father John Durand. His father was a watchmaker. Later, the 17-year-old switched to the engraver Peter Maverick, who taught him the fine arts of copperplate engraving. The youngster showed such great talent combined with diligence that he became Maverick's business partner only five years later. Nevertheless Durand insisted on attending the American Academy of Fine Arts to study fine art. John Trumbull was so enthusiastic about his student that he commissioned him to paint a painting. Durand's painting "The Declaration of Independence" triggered strong feelings of jealousy in his former teacher Maverick, who even felt compelled to dissolve the business partnership. After an initial shock, Durand benefited from this. He started his own business and quickly became America's most successful engraver. During his long career as an engraver Durand engraved countless portraits and book illustrations.
At the age of 38 Durand was tired of engraving and gave up his business. Although he had only painted occasionally before, he wanted to devote himself completely to painting at good luck. The wealthy New York collector Luman Reed was the first prominent client to give him a lucrative commission: he wanted portraits of the early American presidents. A few years later Durand travelled to Europe. As a painter he now wanted to get to know the important works of the Dutch masters of the 17th century and the paintings of Salvator Rosa and Claude Lorrain. Back in his homeland, Durand became president of the National Academy of Design in New York and held this office until he resigned in 1862.
Since Durand was an engraver for a long time of his life, his first paintings are of hard texture. The details are worked out with meticulous accuracy. The colours still look pale. In his later works, however, he found a freer style and developed a love for juicy tones. In his well-known allegories of humanity "The Morning of Life" and "The Evening of Life" he depicted imaginary landscapes in a rich and varied way. He often painted his pictures outdoors. His landscape paintings are fresh interpretations of nature.
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.jpg "High Point: Shandaken Mountains by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Nature Study: A Birch Tree, 1860 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Pitch Pines, North Mountain, Catskills, New York, 1848 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Group of Trees by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The First Harvest in the Wilderness by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Forest in the Morning Light by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A Summer Afternoon by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Musidora, 1825 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Portrait of George Washington, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape, Sunset by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Catskill Clove, N.Y., 1864 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Sunday Morning, 1839 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape in Sepia: Trees with Brook by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Hastings-on-Hudson, 1860 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Adirondack Mountains, N.Y. by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Butternut Tree at Hague, Lake George, NY by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Black Mountain from the Harbor Islands, Lake George, New York by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Chapel Pond Brook, Keene Flats, Adirondack Mountains, N.Y. by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Morning of Life by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, 1854 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study of a Fallen Tree Trunk, Catskill Mountains, New York, 1857 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Sunset: Souvenir of the Adirondacks, 1878 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Stranded Ship by Asher Brown Durand")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-320159).jpg "Landscape, Barrytown, New York, 1865 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study of Rocks by Asher Brown Durand")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-313391).jpg "Caldera of Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Italy by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Ariadne, ca. 1831-35 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape, 1855 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Evening of Life by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Woodland Brook, 1859 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Chapel Pond Brook, Keene Flats, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1871 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Pastoral Landscape by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, c.1835 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Black Birches, Catskill Mountains by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A Catskill Stream by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A Pastoral Scene, 1858 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in the Catskills, N.Y. by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Tree Study, Newburgh, N.Y. by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Boys Playing Marbles, 1936 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Pastoral Landscape by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Lewis P. Clover, Jr. by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Mrs. Winfield Scott by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "View of Rutland, Vermont by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Roman Head by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "River Scene, 1854 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Beeches by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Catskill Valley by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A Brook in the Woods, 1854 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape-Composition: In The Catskills by Asher Brown Durand")
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_c1840_-_(MeisterDrucke-314980).jpg "John William Casilear by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Andrew Jackson by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Monument Mountain, Berkshires by Asher Brown Durand")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108292).jpg "Sunday Morning by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape with Rocks and Trees by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Portrait of James Madison by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Strawberrying, 1854 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study Rocks and Trees in Ice Glen, Stockbridge, Massachusetts by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study of a Wood Interior by Asher Brown Durand")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1453728).jpg "Landscape With Covered Wagon by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Stratton Notch, Vermont by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Durand Children, 1832 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Shandaken Ridge, Kingston, New York, c.1854 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Woodland Glen by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Adams by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study of Four Tree Trunks Three Birches, 1855 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Ideal Head: A Suggestion from Life, 1836 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A Pastoral Scene by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "The Chestnut Oak on the Hosack Estate, Hyde Park, New York with Five Figures and an Artist Sketching, 1838 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study from Nature, Stratton Notch, Vermont, 1853 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study of Two Trees, Hague, Lake George, New York by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. George Washington, 1835 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Trees on a Rocky Hillside by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Forest Stream with Vista by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "A View of the Valley by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape with Covered Wagon by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Study for Landscape-Composition: In the Catskills, 1848 by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticut by Asher Brown Durand")
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.jpg "Landscape Scene from Thanatopsis by Asher Brown Durand")
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_Frankonia-Tal_-_(MeisterDrucke-232514).jpg "White Mountains, Frankonia Valley by Asher Brown Durand")