Student Artwork Guide
Copyright This work is in the public domain. Thomas Doughty died in 1856; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1926.
In context
Moonlight — Thomas Doughty
Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 63 at death.
Shaded: the lifetime of Thomas Doughty (1793–1856) every dated painting, decade by decade
First works: up to 1832 Main working years: 1832–1838 Late works: from 1838
Those three bands split the works this catalogue has a date for into a first quarter, a middle half and a last quarter. They are not the artist’s complete output: a thin stretch may be a gap in the record rather than a quiet spell. The same years with the artist’s life laid along them
This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?
Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.
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Measured from the image
Main colour
Espresso #675643
Catalogued palette
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The ten leading countries
Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.
Together these works take 99.4% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 79 works by this artist, of which 18 were looked at at least once. This painting has not been looked at yet in that time — it closes the list without a rank. The same counts, month by month
Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.
Artist and museum
Born in Philadelphia, United States of America
thomas doughty, an american artist, was born on july 19, 1793, in philadelphia. he is renowned for being the first american artist to work exclusively as a landscapist, paving the way for the hudson river school art movement.
doughty's quiet, often atmospheric landscapes of the rivers and mountains of pennsylvania, new york, new england, and especially the hudson river valley, are characteristic of his style. some notable works include:
view toward the hudson river (1839), princeton university art museum
ruins in a landscape (1828)
in the catskills (1836), reynolda house museum of american art
landscape after ruisdael (ca. 1846), brooklyn museum
view of the fairmount waterworks, philadelphia, from the opposite side of the schuylkill river (1824/26), museum of fine arts, houston
doughty's work had a profound impact on american art, inspiring a generation of artists to explore and depict the natural beauty of their country. his legacy can be seen in the works of countless artists who followed in his footsteps. key facts:
born: july 19, 1793, philadelphia
died: july 22, 1856, new york
nationality: american
occupation: artist, landscapist
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Look closely
Moonlight — Thomas Doughty
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"Moonlight" by Thomas Doughty displays a balanced harmony color harmony.
The contrast level of "Moonlight" by Thomas Doughty is statement.
The diaporama of "Moonlight" can be watched on the artwork's Diaporama page.