Art, literature & history
Chestnut and Pine
1869
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.5 x 46.9 cm (12 x 18 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1969.241
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
David Johnson. Chestnut and Pine. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Chestnut and Pine — David Johnson. 1869.
Medium: graphite. Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 46.9 cm (12 x 18 7/16 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Primarily self-taught, Johnson’s only formal training was a few lessons with Jasper F. Cropsey (also in this gallery). Johnson was, however, a devoted student of nature.
As was typical of artists of the Hudson River school, he constructed his paintings in the studio with the aid of detailed drawings he had made directly from nature. Probably drawn in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, this sheet pairs two distinct species of tree--a pine and a chestnut--in a harmonious composition.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.