Artwork
Spring on the Range
Spring on the Range is an oil painting. It dates from 1887 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. The canvas presents a sun‑lit pasture rendered in vivid greens, where cattle and horses graze beneath a radiant yellow sun.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Spring on the Range portrays an expansive pastoral landscape of rolling hills and a distant horizon, evoking the renewal and growth associated with the season. The broad view reflects nineteenth-century American ideals of the fertile, open frontier, and the composition emphasizes natural abundance and seasonal optimism. The painting is held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting executed on canvas. The National Gallery of Art records its dimensions as 53.7 cm in height and 74.5 cm in width. Its formal qualities align with a nineteenth-century American landscape genre, rendered in a naturalistic style characteristic of the period.
History & Provenance
In that year the sisters sold the painting to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, who donated it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.
Created in the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century by an unidentified American artist and recorded as originating from Providence, Rhode Island, this oil-on-canvas landscape entered the collection of Mary and Sara Andrews of Ashaway, Rhode Island, who retained ownership until 1957. In that year the sisters sold the painting to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, who donated it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1971, where it remains part of the permanent collection. No specific accession number or exhibition history is provided in the available records.
Context
Spring on the Range is an oil landscape painted in the fourth quarter of the 19th century by an American artist. It entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through a gift from Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch in 1971, having previously been owned by Mary and Sara Andrews of Ashaway, Rhode Island, who sold it in 1957. The work remains part of the National Gallery of Art’s holdings, as documented in its provenance and collection records.
Overview
The canvas presents a sun‑lit pasture rendered in vivid greens, where cattle and horses graze beneath a radiant yellow sun. Central to the composition are two mounted figures, one accompanied by a dog, while distant snow‑capped peaks rise against a pale blue sky dotted with soft clouds. The scene balances a wide, open landscape with intimate human and animal activity.
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