Indian Summer

1866

Jasper Francis Cropsey American, 1823-1900

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American, Level 2, West Wing

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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 Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: 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 Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

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

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Signed Signed and dated, lower right: J. F. Cropsey | 1866

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Provenance

1867, H. H. Leeds and Miner and H. W. Derby. Frank Johnston Jones. 1928-1977, University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA). Hirschl & Adler (New York, New York, USA)

1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

New York Sunday Herald (November 11, 1866).

“Picture at U.C. Leads to Appreciation of Ohio Scenery.” Cincinnati Times-Star (October 8, 1928).

Tuckerman, H.T. Book of the Artists 1867. New York, 1966, p. 536.

Talbot, W.S. Jasper F. Cropsey. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Fine Art. Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 50 (ill.).

Talbot, W.S. Jasper F. Cropsey, 3 vols. Unpublished Ph. D. diss., New York University. New York, 1972, 1: pp. 183-184, 188, 2: p. 433, no. 147, 3: p. 639 (fig. 128).

A Gallery Collects. Exh. cat., Hirschl and Adler Galleries. New York, 1977, no. 24 (ill.).

Talbot, W.S. “Indian Summer by Jasper F. Cropsey.” Bulletin of the DIA 58, 3 (May 1980): pp. 150-152 (ill.).

American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 61-63 (ill.).

American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2002, pp. 58, 60, no. 40.

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Jasper Francis Cropsey, Indian Summer, 1866, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, James and Florence Beresford Fund, et al., 78.38.