The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 19, 2026

A vertically oriented oil painting depicts a forest with slender trunks extending up the canvas, branches covered in dense, amber leaves. In the foreground, a dark pool of water shimmers with reflections of golden foliage, framed by rocks and fallen logs. Light glows from the center, illuminating the depth of the woods. A patch of pale blue sky peeks through the canopy, while thick brushstrokes define the shadowed, earthy banks.

Autumn in the Catskills

1873

Jervis McEntee

(American, 1828–1891)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 61 x 51.4 cm (24 x 20 1/4 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.692
Location: Not on view
  • 1880
    H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland
    H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland.
  • Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.692