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Sanford Robinson Gifford succeeded like few others in capturing the atmosphere of the American landscape in his paintings. This is in contrast to the fact that he initially wanted to become a portrait painter and had himself trained in New York in human anatomy, among other things. But he soon realized that landscape painting was to become his true passion. Thus, along with other renowned artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole, he was a member of the Hudson River School, an art movement that drew primarily on European Romanticism.
Extensive travel marked Gifford's life. For two years, for example, he was in Europe; traveling from one city to another, he studied the art of European masters and was inspired by diverse sites to create new paintings, Italy in particular impressed him; several works depict Venice. Later his path led him to the Middle East, he visited Egypt, among other places, and found other places that he later put on canvas. Another important chapter of his life can also be found in his work: As a corporal, he took part in the War of Secession for the Confederate States and depicted this eventful time in some paintings, which stand out clearly from the idyllic landscape paintings. The bulk of Gifford's work, however, is made up of the landscapes of his native land, from the Rocky Mountains to the New Jersey coast. He took home numerous sketches from all over, and some became models for his paintings.
Like the other members of the Hudson River School - many of whom were his friends who accompanied him on some of his travels - Gifford depicted an idealized version of American nature. He focused on detailed depictions that he blended together to create an atmospheric whole. In doing so, his many paintings show the diversity of North American landscapes, and they indicate the painter's enthusiasm for the untouched, vast land. His preference for large expanses of water, which often fill a large part of the paintings and in which the horizon, the mountains and the forests are reflected, is also striking. Gifford was considered a very meticulous and perfectionist painter, often painting for whole days, from sunrise to sunset, not allowing anyone to disturb him. Then he would keep the painting with him for as long as possible, only to step back to the canvas weeks or even months later and add a few final brushstrokes. Only when it truly left no doubt under his critical gaze was it complete.
Sanford Robinson Gifford succeeded like few others in capturing the atmosphere of the American landscape in his paintings. This is in contrast to the fact that he initially wanted to become a portrait painter and had himself trained in New York in human anatomy, among other things. But he soon realized that landscape painting was to become his true passion. Thus, along with other renowned artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole, he was a member of the Hudson River School, an art movement that drew primarily on European Romanticism.
Extensive travel marked Gifford's life. For two years, for example, he was in Europe; traveling from one city to another, he studied the art of European masters and was inspired by diverse sites to create new paintings, Italy in particular impressed him; several works depict Venice. Later his path led him to the Middle East, he visited Egypt, among other places, and found other places that he later put on canvas. Another important chapter of his life can also be found in his work: As a corporal, he took part in the War of Secession for the Confederate States and depicted this eventful time in some paintings, which stand out clearly from the idyllic landscape paintings. The bulk of Gifford's work, however, is made up of the landscapes of his native land, from the Rocky Mountains to the New Jersey coast. He took home numerous sketches from all over, and some became models for his paintings.
Like the other members of the Hudson River School - many of whom were his friends who accompanied him on some of his travels - Gifford depicted an idealized version of American nature. He focused on detailed depictions that he blended together to create an atmospheric whole. In doing so, his many paintings show the diversity of North American landscapes, and they indicate the painter's enthusiasm for the untouched, vast land. His preference for large expanses of water, which often fill a large part of the paintings and in which the horizon, the mountains and the forests are reflected, is also striking. Gifford was considered a very meticulous and perfectionist painter, often painting for whole days, from sunrise to sunset, not allowing anyone to disturb him. Then he would keep the painting with him for as long as possible, only to step back to the canvas weeks or even months later and add a few final brushstrokes. Only when it truly left no doubt under his critical gaze was it complete.
.jpg "Ruins of the Parthenon by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "October in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Lake Garda, Italy, 1863 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864-5 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "A Gorge in the Mountains Kauterskill Clove by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_1862_-_(MeisterDrucke-379563).jpg "A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), 1862 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kaaterskill Falls by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Siout, Egypt by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Lake George, New York by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Autumn, a Wood Path by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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 1849 - (MeisterDrucke-277060).jpg "Landscape with River (Scene in Northern New York), 1849 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Lake Winnipiseogee by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Burg Rheinstein / Painting by Sanford Robinson Gifford by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "The Golden Horn by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mount Mansfield, Vermont by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Two Pears on a Tabletop, c. 1866 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Indian Summer in the White Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "On the Hudson River by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-911571).jpg "Bust of Robert Fulton by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Siout, Egypt by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Villa Malta, Rome by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Indians at Campfire--Moon Rising by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495435).jpg "Sketchbook, page 06: \"Gorham\" (Maine) by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "The Basin of the Patapsco from Federal Hill, Baltimore by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Hook Mountain, near Nyack, on the Hudson by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "South Mountains, Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1315467).jpg "On the Roman Campagna by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "A Home in the Wilderness by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "From the Shawangunk Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-193544).jpg "The 7th US Regiment near Frederick, Maryland, 1863 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Cows in a Pond at Sunset by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "October in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma - Puget Sound by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Tivoli by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Man Seated in Hitchcock Chair by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mount Whiteface from Lake Placid, in the Adirondacks, 1863 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford Mary Cecilia Gifford by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Twilight in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Longs Peak, Colorado by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Parthenon by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421830).jpg "Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Landscape by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "A Home in the Wilderness by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 08: Carter Mountain by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Two Pears on a Tabletop by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 06: Gorham Maine, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Haverstraw Bay by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Mountain Landscape by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864-1865 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sunday Morning in the Camp of the Seventh Regiment by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 37: Maine Landscape Vignettes by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 39: Maine Landscape Vignettes by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421694).jpg "Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecilia Gifford) by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Twilight on Hunter Mountain by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Head of a Man, with Various Studies by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 40: Maine Landscape by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Cows in a Pond at Sunset by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 15: Landscapes, Berlin Falls by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Parthenon by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 03: S.R. Gifford 15 10th Street New York by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 18: Dixville Notch, Sept. 4, 89, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 09: Mountains and Rocks by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 02: Figure in a Landscape with Dog by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 14: Berlin Falls September 2nd, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sidon by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kauterskill Falls by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Studies of Men by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 12: White Mountains from foot of Randolph Hill by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 10: Carter Mountain, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 04: Seascape with Color Notations, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 17: Dixville Notch, Maine by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 05: Bethel ME Aug 19th, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 20: Peaks Island, ME, Sept. 7th, 59, 1859 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_About_40_leaves_and_covers_-_prote_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365935).jpg "Sketches of Scenery in the North (Sketchbook) by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1490273).jpg "Mount Washington from the Saco River by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Autumn, a Wood Path by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Kauterskill Clove, in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Haverstraw Bay by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 14:")
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.jpg "Castle and Figures by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1490271).jpg "Rydalwater, a Sketch by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 04: Sea Scape with Color Notations by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 05: Bethel ME Aug 19th by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, page 01: Self Portraits with Vignettes by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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_Aug_28th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495422).jpg "Sketchbook, page 07: \"Carter Mt (?) Aug. 28th\" by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
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.jpg "Sketchbook, Page 20: \"Peak")
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.jpg "Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
.jpg "Haverstraw Bay, 1868 by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
.jpg "Lake Maggiore, Italy by Sanford Robinson Gifford")
.jpg "Wilderness by Sanford Robinson Gifford")