Landscape: View on Catskill Creek
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (24.8 x 38.4 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Henry Hill, 1882
Accession Number
82.9.6
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Art Historical Context
"Landscape: View on Catskill Creek" captures a serene American vista rendered in 1867 by John William Hill. Executed in watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper, the modest-sized work (roughly 10 by 15) belongs to the Metropolitan Museum’s American Wing. Its delicate layering of translucent washes and opaque highlights evokes the quiet flow of the Catskill waterway, reflecting the era’s growing appreciation for native scenery as a source of national identity. Hill’s mixed-media approach allowed him to combine the spontaneity of watercolor with the precision of graphite and th...
About the Artist
John William Hill
American (born England), London 1812–1879 West Nyack, New York