# The Hills

**Preston Dickinson** (American, 1891–1930)  
ca. 1919  
oil on canvas  
24 x 27 in. (61.0 x 68.5 cm.)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1965.11.1. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=6812).

## About this work

Preston Dickinson painted The Hills a few years after he returned to New York from France. He admired the work of the French modernist painters, especially Paul Cézanne, who transformed his subjects into simple shapes and planes of color. Dickinson composed this landscape from triangles and curves, and even the clouds reflect the shapes of the hills and buildings. The expressive brushstrokes and vibrant color evoke an energetic, windswept day in the countryside of New York.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

Preston Dickinson painted this in about 1919, aged 28. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Preston Dickinson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/preston-dickinson)

American, 1891–1930

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 28
- Real size: about 24 × 27 in (61 × 69 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Mountains, Landscapes, Architecture, Farms, Farmhouse, Domestic
- Colour: indigo
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1922.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1922/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-hills-si-saam-1965-11-1).