Oil on canvas
Collection of the Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson
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Cropsey moved to Hastings-on-Hudson in 1884.
The Palisades were described in the mid-nineteenth century as being at their 'most picturesque' opposite Hastings.
They extend for some thirty-five miles along the west bank of the Hudson, a sheer cliff between 300 feet (91 m)
and 600 feet (182 m) high: 'Viewed from the river this range presents a forbidding aspect; and little does the traveller
dream of a fertile, smiling country at the back of this savage front.'
This signed study demonstrates an interest in subdued effects of winter light, which some critics found surprising in
view of Cropsey's well known penchant for sunny autumnal subjects. |
Room 5: Painting from Nature
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900)