George Henry Durrie

File:George Henry Durrie self-portrait.jpg

Self-Portrait

George Henry Durrie (June 6, 1820 – October 15, 1863) was an American artist whose rural winter scenes became popular when reproduced as lithographic prints by Currier and Ives.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In his teens the self-taught artist painted portraits in the New Haven area. In 1839 he received artistic instruction from Nathaniel Jocelyn, a local engraver and portrait painter. After 1842 he settled in New Haven, but made painting trips to New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. Around 1850, he began painting genre scenes of rural life, as well as the winter landscapes that became popular when Currier and Ives published them as lithographs. Four prints were published between 1860 and the artist's death in New Haven in 1863; six additional prints were issued posthumously.

Collections holding paintings by Durrie include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT, and the White House.

Gallery

• George Henry Durrie - A Christmas Party.JPG

  A Christmas Party

• Farmyard in Winter by George Henry Durrie, 1858.jpg

  1858 - Farmyard in Winter

• George Henry Durrie - Red School House, Winter.JPG

  1858 - Red School House

• George Henry Durrie - Jones Inn, Winter.JPG

  1853 - Jones Inn

• George Henry Durrie - Going to Church.JPG

  1853 - Going to Church

• George Henry Durrie - Hunter in Winter Wood - Google Art Project.jpg

  Hunter in Winter Wood

• George Henry Durrie - Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut - Google Art Project.jpg

  Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

References

• National Museum of American Art (U.S.), & Kloss, W. (1985). Treasures from the National Museum of American Art. Washington: National Museum of American Art. ISBN 0-87474-595-0