Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011390Chestnut and Pine
About the Artwork
Primarily self-taught, Johnson’s only formal training was a few lessons with Jasper F. Cropsey (also in this gallery). Johnson was, however, a devoted student of nature. As was typical of artists of the Hudson River school, he constructed his paintings in the studio with the aid of detailed drawings he had made directly from nature. Probably drawn in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, this sheet pairs two distinct species of tree--a pine and a chestnut--in a harmonious composition.
Inscriptions
signed, lower right, in graphite: DJ. [artist monogram] 69. ; by artist, lower left, in graphite: Chesnut. ; by artist, lower right, in graphite: -Pine- ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 150 ; lower right, in graphite: 150. 17035
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985). American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998). Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- David Johnson (American, 1827–1908)
- Date
- 1869
- Medium
- graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.5 x 46.9 cm (12 x 18 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Accession no.
- 1969.241
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