Name:	Asher Brown Durand
Occupation:	Painter
Gender:	Male
Birth Day:	August 21, 1796
Death Date:	Sep 17, 1886 (age 90)
Age:	Aged 90
Country:	United States
Zodiac Sign:	Leo

Asher Brown Durand

Asher Brown Durand was born on August 21, 1796 in United States (90 years old). Asher Brown Durand is a Painter, zodiac sign: Leo. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.

Trivia

He was known for his 1849 painting Kindred Spirits, which depicted fellow Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole and poet William Cullen Bryant.

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

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As per our current Database, Asher Brown Durand died on Sep 17, 1886 (age 90).

Physique

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Before Fame

He established himself as an expert engraver after being hired by John Trumbull to engrave “Declaration of Independence” in 1823 and helped set up the National Academy of Design in 1845.

Biography

Biography Timeline

2007

During 2007, the Brooklyn Museum exhibited nearly sixty of Durand’s works in the first monographic exhibition devoted to the painter in more than thirty-five years. The show, entitled “Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape,” was exhibited from March 30 to July 29, 2007. Durand is interred in Brooklyn, New York, in Green-Wood Cemetery.

2018

Another of Durand’s painting is Progress (1853), commissioned by a railroad executive. The landscape depicts America’s progress, from a state of nature (on the left, where Native Americans look on), towards the right, where there are roads, telegraph wires, a canal, warehouses, railroads, and steamboats. In December 2018, it was purchased by an anonymous donor for an estimated $40 million and given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Asher Brown Durand is 225 years, 2 months and 4 days old. Asher Brown Durand will celebrate 226th birthday on a Sunday 21st of August 2022.

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