Geese Sketches with Figures, East Hampton, New York
probably July 1858
Medium
drawing
Classification
drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-1005-a
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
In the summer of 1858, Frederic Edwin Church a leading figure of the Hudson River School, the serene coastal vibes of East Hampton, New York, in this charming set of *Geese Sketches with*. As one of America's premier landscape artists, Church was renowned for his meticulous studies of nature, often sketching outdoors to fuel his grand oil paintings like *Niagara* and * Heart of the Andes*. drawing, likely made in July during a family outing, reveals his eye for everyday wonders—flocks of geese amid human figures—blending the wild with the domestic in the Long Island countryside. Created as a ...