  About the Artwork
  
  
  This painting is an outstanding example of Cropsey’s dominant theme, the colors of fall in America. One of his largest canvases, it provides a panoramic view of a small town on the Hudson River. While most of his contemporaries concentrated on the romantic aspects of untamed nature, he turned his attention to that of the domesticated countryside. Through paintings such as this one, Cropsey demonstrated how man could live in harmony with nature’s wonders. While this canvas has remained in America, others found their way to England where a fascinated public marveled at the vibrant hues of an American autumn unknown to them.
  
  
  Title
  Indian Summer
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1866
  
  Artist
  Jasper Francis Cropsey
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1823-1900
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 53 × 95 inches (134.6 × 241.3 cm)
  Framed: 74 5/8 × 116 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (189.5 × 295.9 × 19.1 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  American Art before 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, James and Florence Beresford Fund, Gibbs-Williams Fund and Beatrice W. Rogers Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  78.38
  
  
  Copyright
  Copyright Not Evaluated
