Indian Summer by William Trost Richards - Beautiful Golden Landscape

Indian Summer

Indian Summer c1875 by American Painter William Trost Richards (1833 – 1905), a landscape and seascape artist who was associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movements.

A beautiful fall scene set by a wide area of a lake off the forest edge, with two ladies talking by the bank; while in the background, a farmer in a carriage is being pulled by cows across a shallow part of the lake.

The scene is filled with deep rich yellows and reds depicting how the leaves on the trees are changing color, with many of the leaves falling off the trees as the winter season approaches.

This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.

The following information is derived from Wikipedia.org

William was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1833; and at the age of 27 up until 1855 he studied on a part-time basis with the German Painter (1823 – 1916), while he also worked as a designer and illustrator of an ornamental metalworks company.

In 1858 American Painter Albert Bierstadt (1830 – 1902) organized an exhibition in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to which William submitted his first work for public viewing.

Just 4 years later in 1862 William was elected as an honorary member of the National Academy of Design; and 9 years later as an Academician.

During 1863 he became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Truth in Art, and three years later he left for Europe where he remained for one year.

After returning to the United States William spent the following six summers on the Eastern Coast of the United States.

In the 1870s William would go on to produce many acclaimed watercolor views of the White Mountains of New Hampshire; which are a mountain range that covers almost a quarter of the state and a small portion of Western Maine.

From 1861 to 1899 William exhibited his artwork at the National Academy of Design, as well as the Brooklyn Art Association from 1863 to 1885; and would continue to produce art from his house in Jamestown, Rhode Island that he built in 1881 until his death on April 17, 1905.