Hudson River at Cold Spring

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, Hudson River at Cold Spring, 1861, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.62
Copied Johann Hermann Carmiencke, Hudson River at Cold Spring, 1861, oil on canvas, 12 1818 58 in. (30.747.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.62
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Artwork Details

Title
Hudson River at Cold Spring
Date
1861
Dimensions
12 1818 58 in. (30.747.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — season — summer
  • Animal — cattle
  • Landscape — mountain — Catskill Mountains
  • Landscape — river — Hudson River
  • Landscape — New York — Cold Spring
Object Number
1976.62

Artwork Description

Johann Hermann Carmiencke followed in the footsteps of painters such as Thomas Cole and Jasper Francis Cropsey, who were inspired by the wilderness landscape along the Hudson River in New York. He spent many summers sketching and painting along the river and in the Catskills and Adirondacks, then created finished paintings in his studio. This painting shows the Hudson Valley near the small village of Cold Spring, just across the river from West Point. The subdued light and hazy purple hills evoke an early summer morning, before the sun has had a chance to warm the earth.

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