Landscapes

Fine Art

As a rule, I tend to prefer Impressionist landscape paintings, such as Monet’s Morning:

That doesn’t mean I’m completely averse to the more realistic style, though, and I also think that 19th-century American painters are quite noteworthy, especially those of the Hudson Valley School.  Here are a few from John William Casilear, for example, that are quite lovely:

Hudson View
(One might think that this is an Impressionist painting, unless one has actually seen the Upper Hudson Valley at this time of day…)

Lake George (early)

Lake George (later)

Saratoga Springs

New Hampshire Beach

Sea Scene

Sunset

My favorite Casilear, though, is a moodier piece:

Moon Rise

Landscape art, I think, is supposed to calm the viewer and make them wonder at the beauty of Nature.  Casilear’s work does that, in spades.

9 comments

  1. I’ve been to Saratoga Springs and Lake George. I always wondered what they looked like before Mickey D and Wally World took over.

  2. I love the Hudson River School paintings. There is a good collection at the Wadsworth Antheneum in Hartford. I also like the works of Winslow Homer who painted in the second half of the eighteenth century.

    JQ

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