James McDougal Hart (1828 - 1901)
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James McDougal Hart was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland and soon after was taken to America with his family. After training with a carriage and sign maker in Albany, New York, Hart returned to Europe to study art seriously. In Munich, he was a pupil of Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf. In 1853, Hart returned to America, where he exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design. Being particularly devoted to the National Academy, where he was both an associate and a full member, Hart exhibited there for more than forty years and also served as vice president.
Like most landscapes artists of his time, Hart was strongly influenced by the style of the Hudson River School and was inclined to paint exceptionally large works of art. One of his most famous pieces, The Old Homestead (1862), for example, was 42 x 68 inches and now hangs in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Hart painted bovine subjects as well as major landscapes, which were considered important works of the Hudson River School.
Like most landscapes artists of his time, Hart was strongly influenced by the style of the Hudson River School and was inclined to paint exceptionally large works of art. One of his most famous pieces, The Old Homestead (1862), for example, was 42 x 68 inches and now hangs in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Hart painted bovine subjects as well as major landscapes, which were considered important works of the Hudson River School.