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The painting depicts a landscape with a river, hills, sky, and boats. Brushstrokes are smooth and the color palette includes soft greens, blues for the landscape and water, transitioning to pale blue and peach for the sky. Two tall trees frame the composition with warm green and autumnal red leaves.
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The painting depicts a landscape with a river, hills, sky, and boats. Brushstrokes are smooth and the color palette includes soft greens, blues for the landscape and water, transitioning to pale blue and peach for the sky. Two tall trees frame the composition with warm green and autumnal red leaves.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

"Clermont on Hudson" Painting

Ella Josephine Sterling

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.2 x 37 cm (11 1/2 x 14 9/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.12831
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
Inscription

lower right in black ink: E. Josephine Sterling; lower left in black ink: Detail sketch showing "The Claremont on the Hudson River" painted on back panel of chair

NGA object ID 24923. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.