Hot Springs of Gardiner's River, Yellowstone

American Landscape Painting, 1873

This painting shows a colorful landscape from an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is high under a cloudy blue-and-tan sky, and dark purple trees and hills are visible in the distance. The terrain closest to us is a series of terraced formations with water flowing over them, full of textured patterns and mineral deposits. The tiered layers of rock are painted in rusty red, vivid turquoise, and yellow ochre. White water flows down these rocks into small, layered pools that cover the landscape at the bottom of the painting. On the left, two people climb up the sides of the colorful rocks, so far away from us that they look tiny.
Artist
American Landscape Painting
Date
1873
Type
Drawing
Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on blue paper
Dimensions
25.1 × 36.3 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This painting shows a colorful landscape from an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is high under a cloudy blue-and-tan sky, and dark purple trees and hills are visible in the distance. The terrain closest to us is a series of terraced formations with water flowing over them, full of textured patterns and mineral deposits. The tiered layers of rock are painted in rusty red, vivid turquoise, and yellow ochre. White water flows down these rocks into small, layered pools that cover the landscape at the bottom of the painting. On the left, two people climb up the sides of the colorful rocks, so far away from us that they look tiny.

American Landscape Painting