
Niagara Falls in Winter
Jasper Francis Cropsey American

Hudson River School Painter · Active 1868 – 1868
Jasper Francis Cropsey American is among the painters whose work defines the Hudson River School era. Paintale holds 1 of American's works in its collection, spanning themes of landscape.
Where to see the work: Art Institute of Chicago.
The paintings by Jasper Francis Cropsey American gathered on Paintale span landscape, a set of concerns typical of an artist working through the Hudson River School period. Taken as a group, they show a consistent visual language rather than a series of unrelated commissions.
Museums now holding Jasper Francis Cropsey American's work include Art Institute of Chicago. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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