Curatorial Narrative In the early 20th century, Ernest Lawson’s “Springtime, Harlem River” exemplifies the Impressionist movement’s gradual shift towards a more expressive and spontaneous approach to landscape painting. The artist’s deliberate use of impasto technique imbues the canvas with a textured, almost three-dimensional quality, drawing the viewer into the scene’s atmospheric density. The palette, characterized by vibrant yellows and greens, seems to dissolve boundaries between subject and background, as if the Harlem River itself were unfolding onto the shore.Enlarged to 53×44, Lawson’s “Springtime” becomes a sprawling spatial entity that interacts with its surroundings in dynamic ways. The chromatic structure of yellow, green, blue, and white is now experienced as a series of interlocking planes and layers, exerting a subtle influence on material pairings within the luxury interior. For example, a nearby stone or marble sur