Elms, Hudson
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24.92 × 35.24 cm (9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Kate Bunner, wife of the artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.259
Art Historical Context
**Elms, Hudson** *Andrew Fisher Bunner, 6* Graphite on wove paper 24.92 × 35.24 cm (9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.) Step into the serene beauty of Andrew Fisher Bunner's *Elms, Hudson* (1866), a delicate graphite drawing that captures the elms lining the majestic Hudson River. Created just after the Civil War, this work reflects the era's growing appreciation for America's natural landscapes, evoking a sense of national pride and tranquility amid national healing. Bunner, an American artist known for his precise renderings of the Hudson Valley, skillfully renders the trees' textured bark and branch...
About the Artist
Andrew Fisher Bunner · 1841–1897
Andrew Fisher Bunner (1841–1897) was an American painter and draughtsman whose luminous watercolors of Venice and the Long Island shore earned him a distinguished reputation among his contemporaries. Born on December 27, 1841, in New York, he studied at the art school founded by Thomas Seir Cummings and took an antique drawing class at the National Academy of Design from 1862 to 1863. By 1865 he w...