Study of Pine Tree, Shawangunk Mountains
Medium
nature studies
Classification
nature studies
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Accession Number
1942-50-25
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Study of Pine Tree, Shawunk Mountains** * Huntington (American, 18161906), 1837* *Nature study; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Ersk Hewitt* Created when Daniel Huntington was just years old, this *Study of Pine Tree,angunk Mountains* captures rugged beauty of New York's Shawangunk Mountains, a scenic range in the Hudson Valley region prized by early American artists. As one of Huntington's earliest known works, it reflects his youthful training in observing nature directly from life—a foundational practice for aspiring painters in the 1830s, amid the rise of American lands...