Lake Lucerne

One of the most striking paintings in a collection rich in striking canvases. Also one of the finest technically. A dreamy afternoon, the light softened by a tender and impalpable haze. The contours of the dominating mountain are serenely majestic, its shadows are delicately blue, merging into rose-gray. Contours and shadows, as well as stately rows of red-rroofed villas and a sky of palest blue, are all reflected in the beautiful green of the placid Lucerne, so rich in legend, song and story. No poem on Lake Lucerne ever held more haunting cadences than the lines and colors of this picture.