Thomas Chambers 1808-1869,View of Springfield Massachusetts,on the Connecticut River ca.1840-1845,oil on canvas
Born in England Chambers worked as a prolific marine and landscape painter in the United States between 1832 and about 1866.While Chambers often relied on print sources for his dynamic and brightly colored landscapes,View of Springfield Massachusetts,on the Connecticut River bears a remarkable resemblance to Thomas Cole's The Oxbow of 1836 flic.kr/p/E6e9jc.Cole presents a bifurcated landscape of wilderness and settled land,Chambers contrasts a dark industrial city of factory buildings with a white city of church spires and,across the river,a scene of cultivated fields, encapsulating many of the emotions of the national landscape.
Thomas Chambers 1808-1869,View of Springfield Massachusetts,on the Connecticut River ca.1840-1845,oil on canvas
Born in England Chambers worked as a prolific marine and landscape painter in the United States between 1832 and about 1866.While Chambers often relied on print sources for his dynamic and brightly colored landscapes,View of Springfield Massachusetts,on the Connecticut River bears a remarkable resemblance to Thomas Cole's The Oxbow of 1836 flic.kr/p/E6e9jc.Cole presents a bifurcated landscape of wilderness and settled land,Chambers contrasts a dark industrial city of factory buildings with a white city of church spires and,across the river,a scene of cultivated fields, encapsulating many of the emotions of the national landscape.