# Winter in the Country

**George Henry Durrie** (American, 1820–1863)  
c. 1859  
oil on canvas  
overall: 66.7 x 92.1 cm (26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.) framed: 94.6 x 120.3 x 8.3 cm (37 1/4 x 47 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.42.1. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.109732.html).

## About this work

George Henry Durrie painted this in about 1859, aged 39. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

This painting shows a winter landscape with snowy, rural terrain. It includes a large barn, a farmhouse, and some bare trees covered in snow. Some brown cows are fenced in by the barn on the left, and a person walking along a snowy path brings them a bundle of golden hay. The sky is overcast, with dark gray clouds, and the color palette of the painting consists of earth tones with variations of grey and brown among the white snow.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### 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.

### [George Henry Durrie](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-henry-durrie)

American, 1820–1863

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 39
- Real size: about 26 × 36 in (67 × 92 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 20 × 30 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Rustic, United States, exterior, Snow, Agriculture, Winter, Farm
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1645.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1645/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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/winter-in-the-country-nga-109732).