Untitled

Painting

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

5071

Description

Landscape view of shoreline. Blue and yellow sky with clouds and dark colored earth. Standing human figures scattered across the shore.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Context

Thomas Hill was born in England in 1829 and came to the US at the age of 15, where he lived in Boston and painted carriages for a living. Later in life, he moved to California and became well known for his landscape paintings of the American West, making this painting typical of his work. He sold prints out of his art gallery in San Francisco for many years and was able to support himself through the patronage of many business and railroad millionaires. He had many notable patrons, one being John Muir. Near the end of his life, he worked out of a studio at Yosemite National Park.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Joseph Tobin

Made/Created

Artist

Hill, Thomas

Notes

Creation Date: Late 19th century

Ethnography

Notes

United States North America, United States. English born. North America, United States (English born) North America United States (English born)

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Whole

Width

15-7/8 in

Length

8-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Frame

Dimension Notes

Size: 17.25x24.25

Exhibitions

Past Present: DePaul Builds An Art Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

Untitled Hill, Thomas

Label

Untitled Hill, Thomas Late 19th century landscape view of shoreline