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George Durrie

George Henry Durrie (1820 - 1863) was active/lived in Connecticut.  George Durrie is known for Snowscene painter-animal, portrait, genre.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted.  He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting.  His paintings "provide an excellent record of rural life in the mid-nineteenth century . . . and his carefully recorded details of nature and foliage added authenticity to his depictions." (Reed 15).

He began the study of art in New Haven in 1839 with portraitist Nathaniel Jocelyn, and traveled about the Connecticut and New Jersey countryside filling commissions.  He also painted still lifes, genre, and scenes from Shakespeare.

He is credited with making the discovery that farm landscape scenes are more appealing when they appear to be covered with snow, hence the introduction of the "snowscene" into American painting.  His paintings emphasized ble   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1762 characters.]  Artist bio

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