Untitled (Halemaumau Overflowing onto the floor of Kilauea Caldera with Snow on Mauna Loa in Background)

This view of Kilauea Volcano was painted by D. Howard Hitchcock (1861-1943), one of the most notable and loved artists from Hawaii. Hitchcock left Hawaii for formal art training in San Francisco and abroad, but returned to follow the "Volcano School"� group of artists who painted the eruptions and landscape of Kilauea. This painting was displayed in 1966 at the Smithsonian Institution, as part of the exhibition: American Landscape, A Changing Frontier.