Mid Century American reproduction print “Hudson Highlands Under Snow” by Harry Wickey

This Mid century American reproduction print titled “Hudson Highlands Under Snow” is by Harry Wickey. In 1929, the artist moved from New York City to Cornwall Landing, about fifty miles up the Hudson. Here his latent interest in landscape began to assert itself. He perched his studio on the riverbank, and was afforded splendid opportunities for studying the character of the river and mountains in all varieties of weather. For four years, from 1930 to 1934, Wickey did little else than concentrate on these ever fascinating views, studying rocky formation and mountain contour. A whole series of plates was devoted to this subject matter.
Some views were studied over and over again, often under approximately the same weather conditions. For instance, “Hudson Highlands Under Snow” is but one of some twenty etchings that the artist made of this segment of landscape.
The cold, bleak beauty of the river and mountains under a heavy fall of snow has proved a very grateful subject for his etching needle: the thrilling quality of the country has been communicated to the plate.
"I wish to convey to those looking at my work a full sense of the actual," Mr. Wickey has written. "By actual I mean that each object within my space be so related that the individual color, texture, weight, volume, and movement become a definite entity in relation to its neighboring entities. These qualities must be unified by the spirit of life." A better illustration of this credo, or a better introduction to the artist's later graphic work, could not be found than “Hudson Highlands Under Snow.”

Size: 12”W x 9”H

Condition: Vintage / Antique / Print in excellent condition with yellowing around the edges

Country of Origin: USA