Cows in a Pond at Sunset
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19.1 × 35.9 cm (7 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72398
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford portrayed the glowing light of sunset with brief brushstrokes and a limited, terracotta palette in this small oil sketch. With gradated bands of color, the artist captured the transitory moment’s golden, expansive sky and its reflection on the watering hole below. The bucolic scene evokes the tranquility and romance of nature. Across the pond, a home in the wilderness indicates man’s harmonious relation to the land.
About the Artist
Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1823–1880
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