From Shifting Shade
1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 x 54 1/4 in. (91.4 x 137.8 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant, in memory of his mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, 1990
Accession Number
1990.197.3
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Art Historical Context
"From Shifting Shade" (1887) is a captivating oil on canvas by American artist James M. Hart, measuring 36 x 54 1/4 inches. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, this work exemplifies late 19th-century pastoral landscapes, evoking the serene beauty of the American countryside. The title at the play of light and shadow—perhaps dappled sunlight filtering through trees—illuminating a tranquil scene of grazing cows amid rolling fields, a motif central to Hart's oeuvre. Hart, a skilled practitioner of the Hudson River School tradition, specialized in idyllic rural vistas popula...