Object number1864.1.36

Sunrise on the Bernese Alps

Date1858

Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880)

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 9 x 15 1/2 in. (22.86 x 39.37 cm)
Framed: 15 7/8 x 22 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (40.32 x 57.15 x 9.84 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Painting

Terms

landscapes (representations)

SignedNot signed

ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon

Vassar Exhibitions

Cryosphere: Humans and Climate in Art from the Loeb

Past Time: Geology in European and American Art

Exhibition HistoryIthaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," February 16 - May 12, 2019. Cat. no. 28, repr.

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," September 21 - December 9, 2018. Cat. no. 28, repr.

Japan, Shimane Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," March 7 - May 11, 2008. Cat. no. 11, p 51.

Japan, Ishibashi Museum of Art, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," May 17 - July 20, 2008. Cat. no. 11, p 51.

Japan, Yamagata Museum of Art, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," July 30 - August 31, 2008. Cat. no. 11, p. 51.

Japan. Fuchu Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," September 6 - November 3, 2008. Cat. no. 11, p. 51.

Japan, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York," November 14 - December 14, 2008. Cat. 11, p. 51.
Poughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "All Seasons and Every Light."

Poughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "America and the Grand Tour: Sanford Robinson Gifford at Home and Abroad," June 17 - April 9, 1991.

Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983

Lincoln, MA, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, "All Seasons and Every Light" 5 Feb. - 25 March, 1984.

West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Museum of Art, "All Seasons and Every Light" 25 March - 1 July 1984.

Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, "All Seasons and Every Light" 16 Nov. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1985.

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