Thomas Hicks, (Small Landscape)
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Thomas Hicks

(Small Landscape)

1862

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.7 × 45.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-136817

Thomas Hicks painted many images of the hills and rivers around his home in New York. Americans enjoyed scenic paintings of the landscape like this, which emphasized the peaceful relationship between man and nature. Industrialization in the nineteenth century took over many areas of countryside, and people bought images of the landscape to replace the view that had disappeared from their doorstep…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Dwight Wardlaw

Registry history

  • 1862 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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