River Landscape

A lover of plein air painting and bright, pure colors, Lawson is often called a “true Impressionist.” He studied under American painters John Henry Twachtman and Julian Alden Weir, and spent several summers at the artist’s colony in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He favored the winter landscape of the Hudson River Valley, likely the location of this painting. Despite his adherence to an Impressionist style, Lawson was eventually a part of The Eight, a group of New York artists who opposed the strict conservatism of the National Academy of Design.