Samuel Colman, Storm King on the Hudson
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Samuel Colman

Storm King on the Hudson

1866

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
81.6 × 152 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134195

The Hudson River was a beloved subject for American landscape painters, and this particular site was popular with artists in part due to the dramatic storms that gathered along the ridge of Storm King Mountain. By 1866, the river had become a major commercial route for trade as well as tourism, providing stone and other materials needed to build a rapidly expanding New York City further south. Th…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

Registry history

  • 1866 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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