Catherine Whitney and Benjamin Land Discuss A 200 Year-Old Painting of Kaaterskill Falls

One of the most glorious depictions of the Catskill landscape is 200 years old this year. Kaaterskill Falls on the Catskill Mountains, Taken Under the Cavern is a painting by Irish-American artist William Guy Wall. As one of the contemporaries of Thomas Cole, Wall was inspired by the romantic landscapes that made Cole so prolific in the early to mid 19th century. Wall studied under Thomas Cole who founded the Hudson River School. Both artists are known for their dramatic scenes of northeast nature on canvas. Their oil paintings brought a sense of grandeur back towards the great outdoors when the industrial revolution was taking shape in the big cities.