White Mountains (Mount Washington from Sunset Hill, North Conway) / L. Luthy

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Accession Number
1895.44
Title
White Mountains (Mount Washington from Sunset Hill, North Conway)
Artist
L. Luthy
Artist Nationality
Swiss
Artist Life Dates
1803 - 1863
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Object Creation Date
circa 1854
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Inscription
lr: L. Luthy 18(...)
Dimensions
81.28 cm x 106.68 cm (32 in. x 42 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
landscape
Physical Description
Landscape painting with mountain peak at center and rolling mountains to either side; valley in foreground with houses hidden among trees in deep shadow and along hillside; blue sky above with wispy clouds.
Subject Matter
During the nineteenth century, the White Mountains in New Hampshire attracted the attention of European as well as American painters. This is one of three known views of Mount Washington from Sunset Hill by Luthy, who, like many American painters during the mid-19th century, viewed nature as divine. In "White Mountains" he utilizes the traditional tenets of the picturesque landscape, but infuses his work with emblems of an optimistic and expanding nation through his incorporation of the small village of North Conway in the foreground.
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"White Mountains (Mount Washington from Sunset Hill, North Conway); L. Luthy." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1895.44/1895.44.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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