Summer View, Hudson Valley, New York by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 haiti Broadway Avenue

Broadway Avenue

underscoring his importance in both the scientific and artistic communities

portraying a beautiful rainy scene punctuated by the quiet stirrings of nature

Topography is treated not as obstacle but spectacle

light-infused landscapes

Summer View, Hudson Valley, New York by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 haiti Broadway AvenueSummer View, Hudson Valley, New York (187080) by Frederic Edwin Church captures the river valley that helped define 19thcentury American art. Painted circa 1870 by the celebrated Hudson River School master, this luminous summertime vista distills the regions rolling terrain, clear atmosphere, and farreaching horizons into an image of serene grandeur. Churchs keen eye for meteorological effects and natural detail shines through: distant blue ridgelines