Colors swirl across the sky like a melted rainbow in Thomas Chambers’ romantically pastoral “Hudson Valley, Sunset.” Chambers (1808 – 1866) belonged to the Hudson River School movement, a group of artists who created spectacularly dramatic works depicting the awe-inspiring wilderness surrounding the river. He painted this work in a Naïve style, in which an untrained artist’s lack of technical proficiency results in charmingly tranquil, innocent scenes. Chambers created at least four versions of this painting, with its lush landscape, nestled houses and placid waters emanating a sense of domesticity and tranquility.

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