Mount Chocorua
Oil on artist's board, 9 ¼ x 12 ¼"
S/L/L, c. 1890
Chocorua Peak from
Fowlers Mill, Tamworth, NH
Oil on canvas, 16" x 24"
S/L/L 1888
The Belknap Mill Society
Sunday, August 15, 1999 through Thursday, September 30, 1999
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| William F. Paskell | Benjamin Champney |
Mount Chocorua |
Chocorua Peak from
Fowlers Mill, Tamworth, NH |
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| Although not as loosely painted as his later works (see The Seasons of Mount Kearsarge in this exhibition), Paskell's painting of Mount Chocorua is clearly impressionistic compared to Champney's more realistic style. Both paintings are summer scenes, yet Paskell's conveys the cool feeling of a coming storm while Champney's has the feel of a hot, hazy summer day. Champney used his trademark tall birch trees in the foreground to frame the mountain and draw the viewer into the scene, up the river, and on to the summit of Chocorua. Paskell, on the other hand, used a horizontal line of trees in the mid-distance to convey the size and distance of Chocorua without particular focus on the summit itself. Both painters placed rocks in the foreground, but Paskell's mirror the shape of the distant hills, creating balance, while Champney's simply help frame the scene. Although these were painted at about the same time, the two artists were at very different moments in their careers. |
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