He painted with the Danish Impressionists at Skagen, in St Ives, and above all in Hungary – and has been all but forgotten now.
landscape
His paintings move through Impressionism to a distinctive Post-Impressionism, with swirling brushstrokes, and more subtle colour.
He worked his way from rural naturalism, through Impressionism, to a distinctive Post-Impressionism.
He painted some of the most wonderful landscapes of the nineteenth century, but today is almost forgotten.
Two Romantic series from the founder of the Hudson River School, showing the rise and loss of civilisation, and the stages of life.
An innovator and major influence in the Impressionist movement, he seems to have been judged on his poorer works, not these, his best paintings.
Two justifiably popular Impressionist painters who are now largely forgotten, and a third who has simply vanished from the records.
A remarkable cave painting in the Ardèche, France, is likely to be the oldest landscape painting in the world.
Trees in snowy landscapes, as painted by Bruegel, van Ruisdael, Courbet, and a multitude of Impressionists. A Wintry feast.
Few landscape painters since have not been deeply influenced by his pioneering paintings. He also anticipated photographic effects on focus.
