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The Indian's Vespers

Artist
A.B. Durand
Date of Work
1847
Medium
oil paint
Type
Painting
Credit
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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The Indian's Vespers

This landscape by A.B. Durand (also known as Asher Brown Durand), an artist associated with the Hudson River School movement, was completed in 1847. The painting looks down upon a dense forest, cliff, and, just beyond, the setting sun over water. At the edge of the cliff is a male American Indian with his arms raised facing the setting sun, prompting the title of the painting.