Edmund Darch Lewis

Edmund Darch Lewis (October 17, 1835 – August 12, 1910) was an American landscape painter known for his prolific style and marine oils and watercolors.

Because of the lively yet glowing work, he is considered one of the Luminist painters in the Hudson River School.

Although not as technically outstanding, his watercolors were also admired for their luminosity - Luminism, and Lewis continued to generate canvases in mass production style.

Later in life, as an affluent artist Lewis collected decorative art, including furniture, ceramics, tapestries, and paintings by the masters.

Lewis's painting of Lake Willoughby (Vermont), a huge 80-inch canvas finished in 1867, is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy.

Crop of Darch's 1856 painting of Bellevue Mansion , the summer childhood home of Joseph Wharton , 3 miles north of Philadelphia, PA, looking south from Nicetown Lane.