Reflections on the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)
June - July 1868
Medium
landscapes
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-560-b
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Frederic Edwin Church, a master of the Hudson River School captured the ethereal beauty of Bavaria's Königssee lake in *Reflections on the K¶nigssee* during his European travels in June–July 8. As one of America's foremost landscape painters (1826–1900), Church was renowned for his luminous, detailed depictions of nature's grandeur, evoking the Romantic sublime. This work, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection (gift of Louis P Church), reflects his fascination with dramatic alpine scenery far from his usual American subjects, following personal hardships including family loss...