The West Milford Heritage Committee will host a presentation on Jasper Francis Cropsey at the West Milford Museum on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. given by guest speaker Anthony Speiser, director of the Newington-Cropsey Foundation. Cropsey, a renowned 19th century Hudson River School artist, was born in 1823 on Staten Island, N.Y. and is often referred to as the “Painter of Autumn” for the numerous fall scenes that were depicted in his paintings.