Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria

c. 1893–96

Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria, c. 1893–96. William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900). Watercolor and gouache on blue paper; sheet: 38.3 x 56.5 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 in.); mounted, primary: 38.3 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm (15 1/16 x 22 1/4 x 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2018.32 In this watercolor, William Stanley Haseltine portrayed the calm shore of the Traunstein River, Bavaria, on a summer afternoon. A member of the Hudson River School and a practitioner of Luminism, Haseltine focused on atmosphere and reflection rather than a grand vista. His transparent washes and areas of opaque watercolor over blue paper create the effect of light skipping across the water.