Divided Views: The Rural Past…
The "protagonist" of the right half is the mountain that was known to many as Butter Hill because of its soft, rounded shape. Today, we call it Storm King Mountain, a tribute to the frequent dark clouds that shroud its top. Colman gives nearly a third of the height of his canvas to these impressive clouds.
Below the mountain is a vision of olden days just passing into history about the time of the Civil War. Small boats hug the shore, and in the foreground, three men fish with nets. It's clearly a family or local enterprise.
Pictured: Samuel Colman, Storm King on the Hudson, 1866, oil, 32 1/8 x 59 7/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly.
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