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Jasper Cropsey
(American, 1823 - 1900)
Autumn on the Brandywine River
1887
10 7/8 × 20 3/4 in. (27.6 × 52.7 cm)
81.7
Purchased with Museum funds, 1981
Jasper Cropsey painted many views of the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, both in Pennsylvania, during his career. He specialized in detailed and romantic views of the American fall landscape, as seen here in Autumn on the Brandywine. When questioned about the brilliant colors in his autumnal works by disbelieving viewers in England, Cropsey sent for leaves from New England to prove the accuracy of his painted hues. His style was influenced by the Hudson River School of landscape painting, which favored hyper-realistic landscape scenes, often with heightened emphasis on botanical details and luminous atmospheric effects.
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