Sunset over the Hudson Valley
Object Details
- Date
- December 1866
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape sketch showing a view of a dramatic sunset over the Hudson River Valley, looking south from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. Immense, orange-yellow crepuscular rays dominate the sky, punctuated by blue-green streaks through which the dim sky and a crescent moon are visible. The Catskill front range, also known as the Catskill Escarpment, is visible in the background at right, with the peaks of Overlook and Plattekill Mountains prominently featured.
- made in
- Hudson, New York, USA
- place depicted
- New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-1261
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Medium
- Brush and oil, graphite on cream paperboard
- Dimensions
- 22.6 × 32.9 cm (8 7/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-1261
Landscape sketch showing a view of a dramatic sunset over the Hudson River Valley, looking south from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York, known as Olana. Immense, orange-yellow crepuscular rays dominate the sky, punctuated by blue-green streaks through which the dim sky and a crescent moon are visible. The Catskill front range, also known as the Catskill Escarpment, is visible in the background at right, with the peaks of Overlook and Plattekill Mountains prominently featured.