Spring Woods
This painting depicts a sunlit forest with densely packed trees. Sunlight filters through the leaves, casting a warm glow and illuminating shades of green with hints of yellow and gold. The forest floor is covered in dark green vegetation and gray rocks, with small visible people in the distance. One of the people is wearing a red shirt or jacket. In the background, the trees become less defined and merge into a misty blur of light and dark greens. The paint has been applied with thick, visible brushstrokes.
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Details
- Artist
- Henry Ward Ranger
- Date
- c. 1910
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 71.2 x 91.7 cm (28 1/16 x 36 1/8 in.) framed: 106.7 x 127 x 9.5 cm (42 x 50 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Department
- CAB
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Chester Dale Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The title and catalog description identify a wooded landscape, directly represented by densely packed trees, foliage, rocks, and a forest floor.
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Figures in Nature Both · 97%
The image shows small human figures situated within the woodland, and the catalog specifically notes people in the distance, including one in red.
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Atmospheric Landscapes Both · 92%
Filtered light and a softened, less-defined background create atmospheric recession through the trees, consistent with the catalog description of a misty blur of greens.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
Interlocking branches, foliage, trunks, ground vegetation, and patches of light fill nearly the entire picture surface, producing a densely occupied composition.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 97%
The painting uses a highly luminous range of turquoise, emerald, blue-green, yellow, and gold passages across the canopy and forest floor.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The National Gallery of Art catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Both · 97%
Distinct short and medium-length marks remain visible throughout the foliage, branches, and forest floor; the catalog also describes thick, visible brushstrokes.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1910, corresponding to the 1900–1917 period category.
Source & rights
Henry Ward Ranger. Spring Woods. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
High-resolution sources
- IIIF image service ↗ 7,311 × 5,662 · National Gallery Of Art · Available