Lake Nemi
ca. 1856–57
Sanford Robinson Gifford
American
Oil on canvas
Gift of Andrea Henderson Fahnestock, class of
1980, in memory of her husband, George Andrew
Hambrecht (Yale ’67)
Attributed to Victor de Grailly. French, 1804–1889
Oil on canvas
Purchased
Painting Nature: 19th-century American and French Landscapes
June 26, 2027 – December 31, 2027
Overview
Painting Nature: 19th-century American and French Landscapes brings together a group of paintings from three influential 19th-century movements: the Hudson River School, the Barbizon School, and French Impressionism. Though each developed independently, all shared a deep engagement with nature at a time of rapid industrialization and urban growth.
From the sweeping vistas of the Hudson River School to the intimate woodland scenes of Barbizon and the luminous studies of light and atmosphere associated with Impressionism, these works reveal changing approaches to landscape painting—and nature’s enduring role as a source of escape, reflection, and renewal.
Located on the Third Floor in the Ketcham Gallery as part of Worlds in Process.