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Title
Summer Day on Conesus Lake
Description
A placid scene along the shore of this Finger Lake depicts men and women—there are no children present—at their leisure in genteel dress. Small groups are picnicking, lounging, boating, and perhaps courting. <br />
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Kensett, a second-generation painter in the Hudson River School tradition, still evokes beautiful landscapes but with a more modulated emotion than the sublime work of his predecessors. Moreover, many of the notable visual effects here point to humans in the landscape. A beam of light illuminates the white dress of one woman at center left; other points of light in the trees imply other small dramas. At right along the opposite shore there is the hint of a sailboat. And in the background a ray of light cuts across the lake.<br />
Creator
Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872
Date
1870
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Format
jpeg, 908 KB
Type
Still image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Oil painting
Physical Dimensions
24 x 36 in.