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oil paint canvas
Currently on view at Mint Museum--UPTOWN
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary
This massive painting reflects the mid-19th century interest in the power of the natural world, represented here by the force of the swift currents of cascading water. That such awe-inspiring places were found in this country was regarded as a divine endorsement of American progress. William Frerichs lived in North Carolina from 1855 to 1868; he taught at the Greensboro Female College until 1863 when a fire destroyed his studio and most of his paintings. By 1868 he had moved to Staten Island. This painting is likely a composite of sites that the artist had sketched during his time in the mountains of North Carolina.
Accession Number: 1991.25
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