The painting depicts a rural landscape at sunset or sunrise. The horizon is slightly above the center, showing distant pale-pink and purple mountains against the sky. Closest to us is an area with dark green bushes and vegetation, leading to a lighter green field surrounded by green-and-brown trees. The palette is warm and earthy, with greens and browns in the bottom transitioning to purples and pinks in the distance. The sky is a pale-yellow color that fades into light blue towards the top left corner, and faint yellow and gray clouds drift across it.
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Peaceful Valley

Alexander Helwig Wyant (American, 1836 - 1892)

c. 1872

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 17.7 x 31.1 cm (6 15/16 x 12 1/4 in.) ; framed: 36.8 x 49.5 x 4.8 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of James C. Stotlar
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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

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