Gifford, Sanford Robinson - October in the Catskills (1880)
Gifford knew his time was running out. In 1880 he faced his mortality by trapping a dying sun inside a perfectly square canvas. This is not a cozy autumn landscape....
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Mount Washington from the Saco (1858)
Gifford obsessed over the weight of the air itself. While America careened toward civil war in 1858, he painted a fragile golden peace to satisfy East Coast kingmakers. It was...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Mount Rainier (1875)
Gifford survived the brutal wilderness only to paint a golden lie for New York fat cats. They wanted manifest destiny wrapped in a glowing haze and he delivered. It's a...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Mount Mansfield, Vermont (1859)
Trains were dumping crowds of loud tourists into the pristine Vermont wilderness. Sanford Robinson Gifford saw the end coming. He hiked the jagged peaks to capture the golden haze before...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Mount Mansfield, Vermont (1859)
Trains were dumping crowds of loud tourists into the pristine Vermont wilderness. Sanford Robinson Gifford saw the end coming. He hiked the jagged peaks to capture the golden haze before...
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Lake Nemi (1857)
In 1857 the world got incredibly loud. Sanford Robinson Gifford walked away from the racket to find absolute silence in an Italian volcanic crater. He brought back a glowing golden...