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The influence of the Hudson River school is very apparent in the subject and composition of this painting. In this rather pastoral landscape, Decker focuses on three cows wading into Lake George. Beyond them, mountains in the distance. The loose brushwork of the painting—especially in the foreground—and the lighter tones of the palette indicate the influence of the Barbizon school on Decker's work.
Artist
Robert Melvin Decker
(1847 - 1921)
Looking South from Hague, Lake George
Date1880-1889
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Object numberN0049.1982
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Alice M. Grandey
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextRobert Melvin Decker was born in Troy, New York in 1847 and studied under R. Swain Gifford. In 1883 when Decker was 36 years old, he received his first important recognition at the National Academy of Design. Between 1883 and 1885 Decker worked out of a studio in Brooklyn Heights, New York. From 1885 he also owned a studio at Lake George, The Hague, in the Adirondacks. Decker died from heart failure in Melrose, New York in 1921 at the age of 74.The influence of the Hudson River school is very apparent in the subject and composition of this painting. In this rather pastoral landscape, Decker focuses on three cows wading into Lake George. Beyond them, mountains in the distance. The loose brushwork of the painting—especially in the foreground—and the lighter tones of the palette indicate the influence of the Barbizon school on Decker's work.
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