Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills

Museum record 71971: Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford. A verified entry point for discovery.

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Sanford Robinson Gifford was a key figure of the Hudson River School, the group of landscape painters that flourished in the New York region in the mid-19th century. The Catskill Mountains were an important subject for Gifford, who made drawings and oil sketches like this one during excursions in the area; such works often served as source material for larger compositions produced later in his studio. Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills is a swift, freely rendered depiction of evanescent mist above a…