The figures shown below were deliberately posed to resemble those
in Asher B. Durand's, Kindred
Spirits* as a tribute to Hudson
River School artists and the other landscapes artists who sketched
and painted the wilderness, westward expansion, and realism in North
America from 1820 to 1940CLICK
HERE for examples of a few artists in their genres or movements
included in the time-frame.
* The Asher B. Durand painting referenced for posing the two figures
was sold
in May 2005 for $35 million by the New York Public Library.