Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge (1820 - 1910) American
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Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge (1820 - 1910) American
Oil on Board
Measure 18 1/4"in H x 24"in W and 22"in H x 28"in W with frame
Known for: Landscape, portrait, marine, and genre painting
Name variants: Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Biography: Whittredge, after his studies in Dusseldorf and Rome in the 1850's, returned to a studio in New York where he befriended Albert Bierstadt and became an important Hudson River School artist. He paid for his voyages to Europe through the sales of his landscapes done abroad. Beginning in the 1860's he made several trips west. His first journey was with Major General John Pope in 1866. They made their way from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas through Denver and south along the Rocky Mountain range into New Mexico. Several of his important works came out of the time he spent in Colorado painting along the Platte river and in the mountains near Denver. With sketches and materials gathered on the expedition they returned via the Santa Fe trail. Back in his studio in New York Whittredge turned his sketches into oil landscapes. Whittredge was very moved by the west and returned to the Rockies in the early and late 1870's. He was especially fond of the plains and used them as the main setting for many of his landscapes. The drama of the Rocky Mountains was often left as the backdrop to his scenes or, as in Western Mountain Valley, as a way of framing and giving scale to the plains.
Oil on Board
Measure 18 1/4"in H x 24"in W and 22"in H x 28"in W with frame
Known for: Landscape, portrait, marine, and genre painting
Name variants: Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Biography: Whittredge, after his studies in Dusseldorf and Rome in the 1850's, returned to a studio in New York where he befriended Albert Bierstadt and became an important Hudson River School artist. He paid for his voyages to Europe through the sales of his landscapes done abroad. Beginning in the 1860's he made several trips west. His first journey was with Major General John Pope in 1866. They made their way from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas through Denver and south along the Rocky Mountain range into New Mexico. Several of his important works came out of the time he spent in Colorado painting along the Platte river and in the mountains near Denver. With sketches and materials gathered on the expedition they returned via the Santa Fe trail. Back in his studio in New York Whittredge turned his sketches into oil landscapes. Whittredge was very moved by the west and returned to the Rockies in the early and late 1870's. He was especially fond of the plains and used them as the main setting for many of his landscapes. The drama of the Rocky Mountains was often left as the backdrop to his scenes or, as in Western Mountain Valley, as a way of framing and giving scale to the plains.
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Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge (1820 - 1910) American
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