Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine
Medium
landscapes
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-1194-a
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Frederic Edwin Church, a master of the Hudson River School captures the untamed beauty of Maine's wilderness in *Wooded Island, Lakeinocket, Maine*1877). As one of America's foremost landscape painters (1826–1900), Church traveled extensively to depict the sublime grandeur of nature, often evoking a sense of divine wonder. This oil painting, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection (gift of Louis P. Church reflects his late-career fascination with the northeastern U.S. lakes and forests, painted just a decade before his death. Church's luminous style blends meticulous detail wi...