Artist:

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900  Search this

Medium:

Oil and graphite on paperboard

Dimensions:

28.5 x 35.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 in.)

Type:

landscapes

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Place depicted:

NY, Hudson, USA

Date:

1850-1880

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Landscape study showing view of vibrant sunset over a mountainous river valley. In background, light of the setting sun illuminates a cloudbank in a fiery red-orange spectacle that fades to purple in clouds above. Sky behind rendered in a gradient from yellow-green to deep aquamarine. Mountain ridge at right slopes down to a rolling landscape with a blue river and green trees/foliage in the foreground.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louis P. Church

Accession Number:

1917-4-122

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47536e356-6d57-44b0-8e07-a365cdcad112

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1917-4-122