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Durand, Asher Brown

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Durand, Asher Brown (1796-1886)

US painter and engraver. His paintings express communion with nature, as in Kindred Spirits 1849, a tribute to Thomas Cole, William Cullen Bryant, and the Catskill Mountains. The founding of the Hudson River School of landscape art is ascribed to Cole and Durand.

Born in Jefferson Village, New Jersey, Durand began as an engraver of portraits, landscapes, and banknotes but, influenced by Cole, turned to painting. Having studied in Europe 1840-41, he returned as a master of landscapes. Durand was president of the National Academy of Design 1840-61.



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