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A Mountain Lake at Sunset, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Gifford, Sanford Robinson 1823-1880  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Early 1860s
Notes:
Sharp, Kevin, "For Spacious Skies: Hudson River School Paintings from the Henry and Sharon Martin Collection," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2005, no. 7.
Summary:
Sunset scene depicting a view across a tranquil lake, its surface reflecting the golden yellow sky above, and a mountain in the distance silhouetted against a brilliant evening sky. In the foreground a Native American pulls his canoe ashore and a tepee stands nearby.
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Canoe  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Tepee  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A770007
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_403443