Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria
William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900)
c. 1893–96
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache on blue paper
- Classification
- Drawing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38.3 x 56.5 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 in.); Mounted, primary: 38.3 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- American, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Drawings
- Credit line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
In this watercolor, William Stanley Haseltine portrayed the calm shore of the Traunstein River, Bavaria, on a summer afternoon. A member of the Hudson River School and a practitioner of Luminism, Haseltine focused on atmosphere and reflection rather than a grand vista. His transparent washes and areas of opaque watercolor over blue paper create the effect of light skipping across the water.
