Seashore, Morning
William Hart
1866
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 x 41 in. (58.4 x 104.1 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the sons of William Paton, 1909
Accession Number
09.214.2
Tags
SeasSeascapesMorningBoatsHuman Figures
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 ...