Red Rock

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About this item

This painting depicts a well-known swimming hole on the Deerfield River near the artist’s home at The Bars, Deerfield, Massachusetts. When this was painted, the artist, George Fuller (1822-1884), was living in New York City. His sketchbook, though, shows a watercolor and graphite image of this scene taken from life in the summer of 1854, when he came home to visit. Fuller placed a group of bathers on the rocks, perhaps remembering the swimming days of his youth. In 1859, his father died and Fuller came back to run the family’s farm.

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Item typePainting
CreatorFuller, George
Datecirca 1855
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicArt, Music, Literature, Crafts
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialCloth; Paint
Process/FormatPainting; Oil
Dimension detailsHeight: 11.37 in Width: 17.50 in
Catalog #1995.11.495
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Fuller, George. Red Rock. Painting. ca. 1855. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1995-11-495/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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