Landscape with Farm and Mountains

Charles Codman was one of the first professional artists to paint the landscape of Maine, although he often combined elements from his imagination with on-the-spot sketches. The country’s natural landscape fascinated Americans of the 1830s, who wanted to enjoy its untamed quality even as their settlements encroached on the wilderness. Codman emphasized this contradiction by showing a hay cart, figures, and a small shack against a dramatic view of the mountains. This intimate, domestic scene of people going about their everyday lives contrasts with the vast expanse of uninhabited wilderness behind them.

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Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, 1929

Sunset Scene, ca. 1875-1885

Hudson River at Cold Spring, 1861

Landscape with Family by Lake, 1858

Dorchester 1856, 1856

Kayser's Pond, Maine, n.d.

Landscape with Sheep, n.d.

Half Dome and Moon, Yosemite Valley, 1960

Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1944, printed 1960s

Clear Weather with a Southerly Wind, 1829 - 1833

Den store bølge ud for Kanagawa, 1830/33

Landscape with Sportsman and Dog, c. 1653

The Oxbow, 1836

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863

Tahitian Shore [recto], c. 1900