SYDNEY LAURENCE RAINIER NATIONAL PARK / THE NEW YAKIMA GATEWAY. Circa 1935. 40x301/2 inches. Condition B+: repaired tear through left margin into image; darkening along left edge. A view of the Olympia Mountains from a painting by Laurence. Renowned as one of Alaska's best painters, Laurence spent the early 1930s living and working in Seattle. "A dominant style in his painting is what has been called Luminism. Like impressionism, it was concerned with light and atmosphere, but more realism and an emphasis on the awesomeness of nature" (http://alaska.alaskan.com/docs/sidneylaurence.html). A 1939 visitors guide to the park states the following "The three gateway cities to Mount Rainier National Park, Yakima, Seattle, and Tacoma, are reached by three transcontinental railroads. Northern Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; and Great Northern. The Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National Systems serve Seattle and Tacoma."
