Mountain chain at sunset 

Cuno Amiet created this landscape, Mountain chain at sunset, using watercolors. Amiet, a Swiss painter, lived through both World Wars and witnessed immense social and political change. Consider how the vastness of the mountain range meets the soft, muted palette. The peaks stand resolute, yet the sunset casts an ethereal glow, blurring the lines between the solid earth and the boundless sky. Amiet was part of Die Brücke, a group of German expressionist artists. We might ask ourselves, how does Amiet use the natural world to express human emotion? As we stand before this painting, let us think about the intersection of nature and human experience. "A work of art is only of value if it bears the traces of a human hand," Amiet once said. The hand of the artist invites us to contemplate our place in the world.