Newport Mountain, Mount Desert

Frederic Edwin Church, 1851

The artwork depicts a coastal scene with a rocky shoreline close to us, where a man in a red shirt is handling a rope. The waves crash against the rocks. Beyond the shore, the water stretches out to the horizon, where a sailboat is visible on the left. In the distance, vegetation covers the hills, leading to a prominent mountain under a sky filled with soft pink clouds. The horizon is positioned about one-third from the top. The painting's color palette features warm earth tones in the rocks and vegetation, contrasted by the cool greens and blues of the ocean. The brushstrokes are detailed and realistic.
Művész
Frederic Edwin Church
Datálás
1851
Műfaj
Festmény
Technika
oil on canvas
Méretek
54 × 79,4 cm
Gyűjtemény
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenc
Közkincs, CC0

Képleírás

The artwork depicts a coastal scene with a rocky shoreline close to us, where a man in a red shirt is handling a rope. The waves crash against the rocks. Beyond the shore, the water stretches out to the horizon, where a sailboat is visible on the left. In the distance, vegetation covers the hills, leading to a prominent mountain under a sky filled with soft pink clouds. The horizon is positioned about one-third from the top. The painting's color palette features warm earth tones in the rocks and vegetation, contrasted by the cool greens and blues of the ocean. The brushstrokes are detailed and realistic.

Frederic Edwin Church