landscape with lake in foreground with brown mountains on opposite shore; tall snow-covered mountain peaks in background with low clouds; trees and bushes, including one bush with red leaves, at left

Autumn in the Adirondacks, c. 1872-73

Alexander Wyantexpand_more

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The Siri and Bob Marshall Endowment for American Paintingsexpand_more  2018.23.1

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Cloud cover and lake work together in this painting to suggest the misty atmosphere of a Fall day following a passing storm. Alexander Wyant favored these atmospheric scenes and made them in such a way as to allow the viewer to feel what it must have been like to experience this moment in the Adirondack Mountains. Wyant often painted in this location – Lake Placid in New York – and favored autumn for its range of colors and dramatic changes in the landscape. Whiteface Mountain emerges in the distance through the slowly moving clouds.

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Title
Autumn in the Adirondacks
Artist Life
1836 - 1892
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.23.1
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landscape with lake in foreground with brown mountains on opposite shore; tall snow-covered mountain peaks in background with low clouds; trees and bushes, including one bush with red leaves, at left

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