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Cows in a Pond at Sunset

Landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford portrayed the glowing light of sunset with brief brushstrokes and a limited, terracotta palette in this small oil sketch. With gradated bands of color, the artist captured the transitory moment’s golden, expansive sky and its reflection on the watering hole below. The bucolic scene evokes the tranquility and romance of nature. Across the pond, a home in the wilderness indicates man’s

Credit: Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection...

1860
Oil on canvas
19.1 x 35.9cm
1988.317
Image and text courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago, 2019

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Art Institute of Chicago
Permanent collection