The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 7, 2026

A vertically oriented oil painting with an arched top depicts a stream flowing through a forest. Two large trees frame the center, their branches arching toward one another. Blended brushstrokes render mossy bark and dark rocks in the foreground, where water trickles toward us, reflecting the landscape. Beyond the woodland, a hazy, golden valley recedes toward distant blue mountains under a pale sky. Shaded greens contrast with the luminous depth of the distant horizon.

Forest Stream with Vista

1872

Asher B. Durand

(American, 1796–1886)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 84 x 71.8 cm (33 1/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
Bequest of Mary Gardiner Ford 1960.162
Location: Not on view
  • Mansfield, OH, Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March - 5 April 1981), cat. no. 2, p. 5, ill. p. 2.
    American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).
    Coshocton, OH, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July - 1 November 1979), traveled to Lakewood, OH, The Kenneth C. Beck Center (17 September - 13 October 1980), fig. 5.
    American Masters. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI (organizer) (September 14-October 19, 1966).
    Kalamazoo, MI, Kaamazoo Institute of Art, American Masters (14 September - 19 October 1966), p. 8.
    Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
    Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review 1960 (30 November 1960 - 1 January 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Forest Stream with Vista|url=false|author=Asher B. Durand|year=1872|access-date=07 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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