Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills
c. 1861
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
17.2 × 24.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
71971
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Sanford Robinson Gifford was a key figure of the Hudson River School, the group of landscape painters that flourished in the New York region in the mid-19th century. The Catskill Mountains were an important subject for Gifford, who made drawings and oil sketches like this one during excursions in the area; such works often served as source material for larger compositions produced later in his studio. Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills is a swift, freely rendered depiction of evanescent mist...
About the Artist
Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1823–1880
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