Highly detailed painting in mostly earth tones of a forested area that opens up at a small path to frame on all sides a light-blue body of water an a small sailboat, rolling mountains in the distance.

Looking upon the River

Julie Hart Beers · 1880

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Palette

Walnut
39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.5:1

Umber
35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1

Fawn
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Bronze
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Khaki
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Tan
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Julie Hart Beers
Date: 1880
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 51.3 × 35.9 cm (20 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes · Trees and forests
Main colour: Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the bequest of Muriel J. Kogan. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Looking upon the River

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