GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A European-trained painter who built his career in Baltimore, Maryland, Miller accompained the 1837 Rocky Mountain expedition of William Drummond Stewart, a wealthy Scotsman who commissioned Miller to illustrate his romantic conception of America's vanishing Eden. Miller's finished works, based on material gathered on the expedition, were well received. Painted around 1850, this panel is likely based on the artist's sketches of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. The soft, evanescent light falling like a benediction on the distant peaks expresses Miller's idealized memory of the American frontier, as does the title, which is possibly based on popular romantic poetry of the period.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material
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c. 1850
Changed search dates from 1825-1875 to 1845-1855
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From 1955: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of C.R. Smith, purchased from Eberstadt & Son, New York
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- The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD~Check out other works by Alfred Jacob Miller at the Walters Art Museum.
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General Description
A European-trained painter who built his career in Baltimore, Maryland, Miller accompained the 1837 Rocky Mountain expedition of William Drummond Stewart, a wealthy Scotsman who commissioned Miller to illustrate his romantic conception of America's vanishing Eden. Miller's finished works, based on material gathered on the expedition, were well received. Painted around 1850, this panel is likely based on the artist's sketches of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. The soft, evanescent light falling like a benediction on the distant peaks expresses Miller's idealized memory of the American frontier, as does the title, which is possibly based on popular romantic poetry of the period.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD~Check out other works by Alfred Jacob Miller at the Walters Art Museum.
Notes
c. 1850
Changed search dates from 1825-1875 to 1845-1855
Object File reviewed
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Western United States: TGN: 4011500
Process/materials
Oil on panel
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1955: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of C.R. Smith, purchased from Eberstadt & Son, New York
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