Hudson River Scene
John Frederick Kensett American
The region around West Point, New York, where the Hudson River flows between picturesque mountains was a favorite of many of the so-called Hudson River School artists, including Kensett. The artist painted numerous views of this site near Fort Putnam, a then-dilapidated relic of the Revolutionary War. From his elevated vantage point, Kensett recorded the disparate levels of terrain and varying effects of light and shadow—from the sunlit meadow in the foreground to the dark foliage along the deep ravine and the glowing surface of the river below.
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