R��gis Fran��ois Gignoux (1814���1882)
Snowy Landscape, 1868
Oil on canvas
24 3/16 x 40 1/16 inches
er include immigrants from the Continent and others, born
in America, would study at German academies and visit the
Italian states.
Freedom to incorporate European styles, techniques and
artistic tools along with a steadily evolving and maturing
American artistic vision resulted in a splendid body of work
uniquely American in character. The subjects, the light and
the sheer sense of both divine inspiration and boundless
freedom marked these American canvases as original. Centered substantially on the nation���s first mighty thoroughfare,
the Hudson River, artists would eventually pursue noble sylHYLAND
