Hudson Valley and Distant Mountains at Sunset by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:27x60in (70x150cm) Midianites and Moabites

Midianites and Moabites

He was a central figure in the Montmartre circle

This harmonious balance

with striking black and yellowish-white accents

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Hudson Valley and Distant Mountains at Sunset by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:27x60in (70x150cm) Midianites and MoabitesHudson Valley and Distant Mountains at Sunset (1870) by Frederic Edwin Church is a serene, expansive vision from one of the foremost painters of the Hudson River School. Church was celebrated for transforming familiar American vistas into luminous meditations on atmosphere and light, and this evening view over the valley captures that gift. The sun sinks low, the sky glows in layered bands of orange and red, and a long sweep of receding hills leads