# Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills

- By: Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
- Date: c. 1861
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 17.2 × 24.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/71971)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/30491751-fb43-fc27-51fe-d068be7b6568/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Sanford Robinson Gifford was a key figure of the Hudson River School, the group of landscape painters that flourished in the New York region in the mid-19th century. The Catskill Mountains were an important subject for Gifford, who made drawings and oil sketches like this one during excursions in the area; such works often served as source material for larger compositions produced later in his studio. Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills is a swift, freely rendered depiction of evanescent mist above a pond and brilliantly illuminated clouds amid a low sun. Two men attending a boat on the shore give the mountainous scene a sense of grandeur despite the painting’s small dimensions.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0