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Mount Chocorua, William James Stillman, 1856
William James Stillman, portraitWilliam James StillmanAmerican, 1828–1901

Mount Chocorua

1856 · Painting · 30.8 × 45.6 cm

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Yes, receiving visitors

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 13B

On public display.

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About the painting

This image shows Mount Chocorua in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. William James Stillman was a friend of the English art critic John Ruskin and an enthusiastic follower of Ruskin’s belief that “All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.” In this piece, Stillman painted every element in careful detail to show its perfection, from the mossy rocks in the foreground to the patches of snow on the mountain peak.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1999.81

What it shows

MountainsLandscapeMount ChocoruaLakes

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingRealism19th century

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