Curatorial Narrative Am Morteratschgletscher, painted in 1903 by Edward Theodore Compton, exemplifies the evolving role of landscape painting within the Impressionist movement. The artist’s use of impasto technique creates a textured surface that imbues the work with a dynamic, almost three-dimensional quality. This visual strategy serves to underscore the subject’s temporal and atmospheric weight, drawing the viewer into the realm of the mountainous terrain depicted. Compton’s palette, characterized by a dominant range of blues and greens, imbues the painting with an eerie, hushed atmosphere, while bursts of yellow light in the distant valleys inject a sense of vitality and movement.When enlarged to 44×56 inches, the compositional structure of Am Morteratschgletscher reveals itself to be deceptively complex. The spatial rhythm established by Compton’s use of layered brushstrokes and varied scale creates an interplay between depth a