Figures in a Landscape
William Hart
1860
Medium
graphite with white gouache on brown paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13 × 23.9 cm (5 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert S. Pirie
Accession Number
1981.77.1
About the Artist
William Hart · 1823–1894
William Hart (1823–1894), a Scottish-born American painter, embodied the pastoral spirit of the Hudson River School through his luminous landscapes and cattle scenes.) Born on March 31, 1823, in Paisley, Scotland, to James and Marion Robertson Hart, he immigrated to Albany, New York, with his family in 1831 at age eight. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, and sister, Julie Hart Beers, also ...