Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) was an American landscape painter known for his prolific style and marine oils and watercolors. Lewis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a well-to-do family. He started training at age 15 with German-born Paul Weber (1823–1916) of the Hudson River School. At age 19 he exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and was elected an Associate of the Academy at age 24.

Lewis' early work in oil, because of his excellent training, was precocious and is considered by some collectors to be superior to his later work. He traveled throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, painting river scenes, and for two decades he traveled to the White Mountains and painted landscapes of mountains, rivers, and lakes. 

He made extensive marine paintings throughout New England, becoming a prolific and successful artist. His work was appreciated because of the luminosity of their subjects. Because of this lively and glowing work, he is considered to be among the Luminist painters of the Hudson River School.