Hills of Byram

Arts of the Americas

1909

Daniel Garber
American, 1880–1958

Daniel Garber was one of the leaders of a group of American painters working in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who found ample inspiration in nature. Hills of Byram was executed in March 1909 in Point Pleasant, overlooking the river and the distant quarry on the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Bare trees, dead grasses, and the pale sky evoke a crisp spring day, freely painted with a flickering yet controlled touch. Although Garber’s painting appears impressionistic, he prized form and structure, and carefully planned his compositions. He spent months observing the land in different conditions and making studies before embarking upon the final picture in the studio.

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Daniel Garber
Title: Hills of Byram
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1909
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Signed lower left: Daniel Garber. Signed Daniel Garber
Dimensions: 106.7 × 118.1 cm (42 × 46 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Walter H. Schulze Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1910.309

Judith A. Barter, et al., The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 68.

Milwaukee Art Institute, Exhibition of Forty Paintings presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art, Mar. 1–29, 1925, cat. 15.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Apr. 2–29, 1945.
Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania School of Landscape Painters, Sept. 16–Nov. 25, 1984; Corcoran Gallery, Dec. 14, 1984–Feb. 10, 1985; Westmoreland Museum of Art, Mar. 2–May 5, 1985; Brandywine River Museum, June 1–Sept. 2, 1985.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Daniel Garber, Romantic Realist, Jan. 26–Apr. 8, 2007, cat. 11, ill.

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