The Engelberg Valley

The Engelberg Valley in Switzerland, not far from Lake Lucerne, offered the artist many pictorial opportunities. All he had to do was to pick up his brush, turn around three times, and lift up his eyes toward the mountains, which were everywhere. This was not exactly his procedure, perhaps, when he painted the beautiful picture before us, for it has compositional strength and coherence as well as perfect color harmony. The scheme is one of delicate light blues commingled with equally delicate grays, contrasted with a foreground of lively green.