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Tag Archives: Mountains
1867: Distant View
Frederick Leighton: Distant View of Mountains in the Aegean Sea (1867)
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1943: Mountain Landscape
Konstantin Bogaevsky: Mountain Landscape The painting is undated; Bogaevsky died in 1943
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1869: Mount Tamalpais
William Marple: Mount Tamalpais from Napa Slough (1869) The name “Tamalpais” derives from the Coast Miwok name for the mountain, támal pájiṣ, which means “west hill.” The Coast Miwok numbered between 1,500 and 2,000 before the arrival of Europeans to … Continue reading
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