Portrait of a man, oil on canvas, singed and dated 1855. In the original gilt frame, 22" x 18.5"
Biography from AskART:
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, George Durrie was known as the "snowman" because of the many winter scenes he painted. He lived most of his life in New Haven and earned a reputation for rural landscape scenes, especially snow scenes, which he introduced as subject matter in American painting. His paintings "provide an excellent record of rural life in the mid-nineteenth ce... Click for details
