November Day, 1863
by Jervis McEntee captures a rural river valley during the late autumn season. The scene focuses on the quietude of a landscape in transition, moving away from the exuberant colors of early fall toward the more somber tones of the year's end. McEntee, an American painter associated with the Hudson River School, often sought to portray the "soberer phases of Nature," finding a sense of peace in the gradual decay…









