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Winter in the Country, the Old Grist Mill by George Henry Durrie, 1862

American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of George Henry Durrie’s “Winter in the Country, the Old Grist Mill” of 1862.  George Henry Durrie was an American artist born in 1820 Connecticut.  He studied under the portraitist Nathaniel Jocelyn with his brother John.  He became an itinerant painter doing mostly portraits but in the 1850′s began to specialize in landscapes of New England.  His reputation grew in the late Fifties and his work began to be displayed at prestigious institutions.  In 1861 Currier and Ives began publishing his prints which led to great fame.  He died in New Haven the year after this masterpiece’s creation on October 15, 1863.  This is a fine example of his work and is in a private collection.

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