Old Hunting Grounds

In the 18th century before America was one unified nation from sea to shining sea, paintings would mostly be of and for the rich. Pieces of that time period were predominantly portrait paintings with unrealistic backdrops, created indoors within the confines of art studios. Furthermore, at the turn of the 19th century artists began moving away from workrooms and pushed towards the great outdoors. This change spawned a revolutionary artistic movement during the early 1800's initiated by Thomas Cole's Hudson River School. Moreover, painters from this movement pushed the boundaries of their craft on canvases, illuminating the heavenly allure of old and new American landscapes from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans.
Many artists used compilations
Within the painting are female Indians and a child watching a few tribesmen fishing, while a Chief Indian is standing, talking among two other tribesmen on land. Even more so the painting does not depict savage type Indians but peaceful ones living and being a part of nature. Nevertheless, the white settlers in there mass settlement in the background seem to dominant the Indian lands rather than be a part of it. Art elements of space and color play a pivotal role in Fisher's piece. Besides "Indians Visiting the Old Hunting Grounds" being realistic, it is quite textural and representational in style, with its usage of local color, creating a fictional historical picturesque scene.
Moreover, the Indian Chief's clothing is vibrant and warm like his other tribesman.
Fisher's main intention for each of his landscape artworks was to capture the actual look of what he saw without exaggeration. In which he was successful in doing. The “Indians Visiting the Old Hunting Grounds” piece is currently located in the Newark Museum in New Jersey. Artist Alvan T. Fisher’s idea behind the artwork was most likely to record how life in America was changing. He did this through depicting the unlawful expansion of the U.S. into foreign lands in its truest form, through