Currently not on view
A Catskill Brook
Worthington Whittredge, American, 1820–1910
y1978-47
Born in a log cabin in central Ohio, Whittredge painted portraits and landscapes in Cincinnati before departing for study at the Düsseldorf Academy with Emanuel Leutze, in whose iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware Whittredge served as model for the figure of Washington. He subsequently achieved his own artistic renown as a leading member of the Hudson River School. A Catskill Brook is one of several works by the artist bearing the same title, suggesting Whittredge’s affinity for such intimate woodland scenes.
Information
Title
A Catskill Brook
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.5 x 42.5 cm (11 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Mrs. Feld
Object Number
y1978-47
Place Depicted
United States, New York, Catskill Mountains
Signatures
Signed lower right: W Whittredge.
Culture
Type
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1978," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 38, no. 1 (1979): p. 14-38., p. 28
- Barbara T. Ross, "Nineteenth-century American landscape paintings: nine recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 4-13., p. 13, fig. 18
