Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 29 objects tagged painters.

The central area is taken up with simulated sky with the chariot of Apollo. Around the edges, allegorical figures seated on clouds; simulated architecture of vaults and pendentives about the outer edges, within an architectural frame.

Drawing, Chariot of Apollo, Ceiling Design for Count Bielinski's Cabinet,...
pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint, black chalk on....
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-214

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Group of figures rowing a boat in rough sea, toward ship on horizon at upper left; ship vaguely indicated.

Drawing, The Life Boat, 1881
brush and wash, brush and gouache, chalk on wove paper .
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-130

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Scene at top of sheet shows two fantastic boats engaged in aerial combat.

Drawing, Chinoiserie Fantasy, 1770–90
graphite on white laid paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt from the collection of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
1931-70-29

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle. A part of the hill with two groups of trees and a seated Arab figure is shown in the left and central foreground. In the right foreground and in the middle distance view across the Valley of Jesophat.

Drawing, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, March 1868
brush and oil paint, graphite on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-341

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical drawing of a Bedouin figure standing in front of rocks looking left and holding a piece of cane in his extended left hand.

Drawing, Standing Bedouin, probably February 1868
brush and oil paint, graphite on brown paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-752-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

At center, the facade of El Khasneh is visible facing to the left. The architectural elements are flanked at right and left by reddish-brown rock walls. A small patch of blue sky is at upper left corner.

Drawing, Al-Khazneh, Rock Tomb at Petra, late February 1868
brush and oil on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-485-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Vertical view of a large, two-towered house with balconies and a porch, situated on the overlook of a hill, viewed from a distance with trees and foliage in foreground. Two birch trees at right.

Drawing, Olana from the Southwest, ca. 1872
brush and oil paint on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-666

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square view of the river and a factory which stands on a spit of land at right, and whose smoke billows from its chimney and blows toward the moonlit sky, as
sailboats sail in the left middleground. Low hills are seen in the right background.

Drawing, Hudson River with Factory by Moonlight, 1844–45
brush and oil on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-44

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A snow covered slope in the right forground frames a sunset view across a valley in the Catskills.

Drawing, Sunset Across the Hudson Valley, Winter, 1870–80
brush and oil, graphite on thin cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-330-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Horizontal distant view of a small snow-covered valley with a copse of trees. A band of lavender clouds streches across the sky and sun rays project downward. A pond in the middle distance, amongst the trees, reflects sunlight.

Drawing, Church's Farm, Hudson, New York, 1870–80
brush and oil paint on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-508-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A view over wooded hills in foreground, through a middle distance showing a lake beneath a strip of blue sky with golden-yellow illuminated clouds reflecting the last of the setting sun, and looking toward distant dark mountains capped by heavy dark brownish-gray clouds beyond.

Drawing, Sunset across the Hudson Valley, New York, September 1870
brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-582-c

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal view of a snow covered valley under a clear sky at sunset or sunrise. A wood and hill are shown in the left middle plane; a mountain range is in the background.

Drawing, Hudson Valley, New York in Winter, 1869–70
brush and oil paint, graphite traces on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-661

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Tulips, narcisses, anemones, peonies, etc. in a basket. Four butterflies and a bee flying above; below in table, right: a caterpillar, in center a fly.

Print, Plate 10, from set of Flowers in a Basket, ca. 1680
etching on white paper.
Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.
1938-58-878

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Oval box with metal rim and ivory face with watercolor portrait of a nun.

Portrait Miniature Of A Nun On A Box (England), ca. 1790
watercolor and gum arabic, cut ivory, wood.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-72

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Setting sun over hilly country.

Drawing, Clouds and Sunset, Jamaica, August 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite traces on thin paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-409-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Evening sky over a distant country. A group of pines is in the right foreground.

Drawing, Evening Twilight, ca. 1870
oil.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-736

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There are 2 images of this object.

HIlls run toward the background from the left middle plane. A tree is shown in the left foreground. Cloudy sunset sky.

Drawing, Sunset, Hudson, New York, July 1861
oil, canvas-backed paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-791

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Large iceberg at center on dark blue gray sea. Most of the iceberg consists of a compact horizontal mass. The underpainting shows at top and across bottom.

Drawing, Floating Iceberg, June or July 1859
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-296-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal view of a young woman in a white dress, lying in a hammock with her feet over the edge, reading a book. She is in a setting of sunlight-dappled trees and grass.

Painting, Sunlight and Shadow, 1872
brush and oil paint on canvas.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1917-14-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Mist filled valleys in the central rear. Roads are shown, one of them leading to homes, right middle plane.

Drawing, Distant View over Hilltops, August 1865
graphite, oil on paperboard with orange back.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-418-b

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There are 2 images of this object.

A large group of rocks at lower right foreground, jut out into a body of water. On the horizon line at center left is the distant shoreline. Two small sailboats at center. Scattered clouds fill top half of painting.

Drawing, Mt. Desert Island, Maine Coast, 1850
oil on cream wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-646

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal distant view over lakes and hills with a sun shining in a cloudy sky and reflecting in lakes beneath.

Drawing, Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island,...
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-324

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There are 4 images of this object.

Six standing columns rise in the right center. Bottom margin showing the creamy grounding color.

Drawing, Ruins of the Temple of Zeus, Baalbek, May 1868
brush and oil, graphite on cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-514

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There are 2 images of this object.

A plane is bordered by the slopes of the Anti Lebanon. In the far distance is the city, the Barada stream appears like a lake.

Drawing, View Towards Damascus, Syria, April 24–May 16, 1868
brush and oil on thin cream paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-729

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

View over mountain tops. Cloudy sky with a clear patch.

Drawing, Storm in the Mountains, 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite on thin cardboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-351-c

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Distant view across and looking towards mountains. Tops of trees are seen in the foreground. Dark and reddened clouds stand in the sky. Mist is shown in the middle distance.

Drawing, Landscape, 1865
brush and oil paint on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-385-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A mediaeval castle in ruins is shown upon a rock in the left middle distance. A sloping stream is in the foreground. A house stand on the rear bank of the stream beside a wood. A hill range stretches toward the right background. Clouds are in the sky.

Drawing, English Castle and Cottage, ca. 1844
brush and oil, pencil on cardboard..
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-345

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Clouds shown against blue sky. At lower edge, the cream colored ground is visible.
Verso: graphite landscape and cloud study with numbered annotations throughout.
Verso:

Drawing, Cloud Study, March 1871
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-586

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Recto: Sketch of a rainbow with a steamer at sea.; Verso: A castle on the edge of the sea with cypress trees.

Drawing, Beirut, 1868
graphite on cream paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-923

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.