Sunset across the Catskills by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:22x40in (56x100cm) Each pictorial element is a

Each pictorial element is a loving nod to the state’s identity

originally published in 1603

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crystalline air—extends the scene beyond pure nature study into a meditation on coexistence

Sunset across the Catskills by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:22x40in (56x100cm) Each pictorial element is aSunset across the Catskills by Frederic Edwin Church introduces the Catskill Mountains at the hush of days end, when the last, radiant sweep of light pours across layered ridgelines. Painted in the 1870s by a leading figure of the Hudson River School, this Romantic landscape captures the sublime drama of natureglowing sky, deepening shadows, and a hush that is both intimate and monumental. Church channels the 19thcentury fascination with landscape as