Sanford Robinson Gifford - The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
Born and raised in the center of the Hudson River Valley, Sanford Gifford (1823 - 1880) came from a family that supported and encouraged his artistic leanings, and whose prosperity meant he could pursue painting without financial worries. Gifford began training in New York City to be a portrait painter, but, inspired by the work of the American landscapist Thomas Cole, turned to landscape painting. After his death in 1880, he was honoured with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first monographic retrospective and a memorial catalogue of his known pictures.
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