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 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
- 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.
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- houses
- landscapes
- landscapes (environments)
- mountains
- sky
- trees
- valleys
- villages
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- upward
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- geography
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1291 x 927
- File Size
- 62 KB
- Record
- 1895.44
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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.