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Executed in 1852, Catskill Mountain Scenery is a classic example of Kensett's finest period of painting in the Hudson River School genre. The work is the result of the artist's sketching trips which he made in the company of Asher B. Durand and John Casilear to the Catskills and White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Catskill Mountain Scenery displays Kensett's brilliant brushwork, his cogent sense of light and his harmonious palette. The painting's classic American subject matter, with its romantic references to the American Indian, echo the iconographic meaning implicit in the finest Hudson River School paintings of the era.
Catskill Mountain Scenery is noteworthy as it was engraved in George Putnam's important volume of 1852 The Home Book of the Picturesque that explored the most picturesque scenery in America. Catskill Mountain Scenery is one of few paintings by Kensett engraved during his lifetime that remains in private hands.
Catskill Mountain Scenery displays Kensett's brilliant brushwork, his cogent sense of light and his harmonious palette. The painting's classic American subject matter, with its romantic references to the American Indian, echo the iconographic meaning implicit in the finest Hudson River School paintings of the era.
Catskill Mountain Scenery is noteworthy as it was engraved in George Putnam's important volume of 1852 The Home Book of the Picturesque that explored the most picturesque scenery in America. Catskill Mountain Scenery is one of few paintings by Kensett engraved during his lifetime that remains in private hands.