He depicted a city across a harbor from a forest in his Progress (The Advance of Civilization).
This artist showed three tall trees on the left side of his painting of a river valley with the title mountain in the background of his Franconia Notch. He depicted a city across a harbor from a forest in his Progress (The Advance of Civilization). A Benjamin Field poem called Moonlight was the basis for this man's painting of the Hudson behind the title Trysting Tree. Early in his life, he established his reputation with the engraving for Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Another painting by this man shows Kaaterskill Falls and the Clove of the Catskills as two men stand on a ledge on the left. For 10 points, name this Hudson River School painter who depicted William Cullen Bryant and Thomas Cole in his Kindred Spirits. 
This artist showed three tall trees on the left side of his painting of a river valley with the title mountain in the background of his Franconia Notch.
Asher Brown Durand