Cultured Wednesday: Cropsey’s Greenwood Lake

Frank Cropsey believed that nature was a direct manifestation of God, or so they say.

Cultured Wednesday: Kensett’s Lake George

Lake George was a favorite with the Hudson River School painters.

Cultured Wednesday: Gifford’s Kauterskill Falls

This painting is a good example of Luminism, an offshoot of the Hudson River School.

Cultured Wednesday: Gifford’s Lake Nemi

"On the northern shore of the lake, right under the precipitous cliffs on which the modern city of Nemi is perched, stood the sacred grove and sanctuary of Diana of the Woods."

Cultured Wednesday: Inness’ June

Poetic quality is not obtained by eschewing any truths of fact or of Nature...  Poetry is the vision of reality.

Cultured Wednesday: Frederic Edwin Church

You really cannot portray the Hudson River School painters and leave out this gentleman, can you now?

Cultured Wednesday: Asher Durand

"The true province of Landscape Art is the representation of the work of God in the visible creation."