Leading art instructor Frank Vincent DuMond mastered the ability to paint in the impressionist mode and “balance the human figure with naturalistic settings in his depictions of religious and mythological subjects” using a prismatic color palette. As more people moved from rural areas to cities, artists like DuMond retreated to inexpensive farmhouses in the countryside that provided access to the landscape during all seasons, with the opportunity to capture on canvas New England’s brilliant autumn leaves.
Source: Florence Griswold Museum
