Jasper Cropsey's 'Autumn – On the Hudson River' at National Gallery

Jasper Francis Cropsey's landmark painting 'Autumn – On the Hudson River' (oil on canvas, 60 x 108 in.) is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, which offers a zoomable image and downloadable high-resolution file. Cropsey, a 19th-century American architect and first-generation Hudson River School painter, created this work in his studio from memory, notes, and sketches. The composition features an unusual six or seven levels of distance, reinforced by atmospheric perspective. Notable details include a family picnicking in the foreground, a horse and rider on a path in the middleground, and cows drinking from a stream at the lower right.