Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1870–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a winter sunset in the Hudson River Valley from the artist's property near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. In the foreground at lower right, a hilltop with a grove of trees frames a view of a wide portion of the Hudson River, visible in the middle distance at center. This section of the river, bounded by rolling and heavily wooded banks on either side, reflects the warm, purplish tones of the sunset above. In the background at right, the southern portion of the Catskill Escarpment is included in the view, with Overlook Mountain prominently visible at right in front of the more distant Shawangunk Mountains along the horizon at center. The sky above is filled with dramatic clouds, colored in tints of pink, orange, and purple by the setting sun which has dipped behind the Catskills.
place: label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-864
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint, graphite on bright green paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.3 × 50.6 cm (11 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)