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painting of natural bridge

The thumbnails show two fantasy scenes painted in oils on canvas, then cut to fit frames of antique trumeau mirrors. They were commissioned by Atlanta designer Stephanie Edgar Reeves. The painting here shows two figures in the lower left corner. More information below..

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The figures in the painting are posed as a tribute to Hudson River School artists. Specifically the two figures are meant to suggest the way Asher B. Durand painted Thomas Cole and William Cullen Bryant in Kindred Spirits. The Durand painting hung in the New York City Public Library for many years.dashmore about the art movement of Durand and Cole.

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The image of the painting on the right was accessible at one time by a link to Catskill Archive.com but that website is now reported as file-not-found. It is reproduced here with acknowledgement, nevertheless.

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