Description
A steep volcanic mountain rises above a deep blue lake. The rocky slopes carry bands of white, gray, and violet, while green forest descends toward the water along the nearer side. The high peak fills much of the vertical composition.
About Crater Lake 1919 Reproduction
Cool blues and purples dominate the mountain and lake, with dark green trees along the lower edge. The shoreline cuts diagonally across the scene, leading the eye toward the peak. Light clouds soften the sky above the sharp ridge.
The painting contrasts the rugged of the mountain scale with the calm lake below. Color shifts separate snow or pale rock from shadowed slopes, while the trees provide a sense of distance and depth. The view feels elevated, as though the viewer looks across the water toward the face of the mountain. The mountain outline rises steeply above the lake, with a bright upper ridge and darker violet sections below. A strip of evergreen forest follows the shoreline and descends along the slope. The lake occupies a small lower corner, emphasizing the peak height. Thin cloud marks leave the mountain exposed against the sky. Pale snow marks the summit as purple shadows descend toward dark evergreens along the shore. The lake glows below.
The hand-painted reproduction
ByMuseum offers Crater Lake 1919 by Arthur Wesley Dow as a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas. A vertical wall space suits the high mountain and steep shoreline. Keep light even so the blue lake and violet rock retain their subtle color differences. Keep clear space around the artwork so its full arrangement remains easy to appreciate.
- Violet and pale bands mark the mountain slopes
- Forest descends toward the water
- Painted individually in oil on canvas.
- Select the available size and presentation on this page.




