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Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School

Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School features forty-five iconic works including Thomas Cole’s five-part series: The Course of Empire and other masterworks by Cole, John F. Kensett, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper F. Cropsey, Asher B. Durand and many others.

Thomas Cole (1801-1848), Catskill Creek, N.Y., 1845. Oil on canvas. The New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart Collection, S-157

Tour Schedule

Venue	Dates
Amon Carter Museum (Fort Worth, TX)	February 26–May 29, 2011
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)	July 30–November 6, 2011
Columbia Museum (Colum

The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: Nineteenth-century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society

Drawn from the treasures of the New-York Historical Society’s permanent collection, Hudson River Masterpieces showcases nineteenth-century landscape paintings by the artists of the Hudson River School. The exhibition includes celebrated works by Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, founders of the American landscape school. Other featured artists include: John Frederick Kensett, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Francis Augustus Silva, Sanford Robinson Gifford, John W. Casilear, Jervis McEntee, William T. Richards and William L. Sonntag.

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), Greenwood Lake, New Jersey, 1871. Oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart Collection, S-156

Tour Schedule

Venue	Dates
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (New Paltz, NY)	July 11–December 13, 2009
The Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, FL)	January 28–March 20, 2011

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The New-York Historical Society houses an outstanding collection of over twenty-five hundred American paintings—primarily portraits, genre scenes and landscapes—dating from the colonial period through the twentieth century, as well as a select number of European works. It includes the personal collection of the New York merchant and pioneering art patron Luman Reed, as well as the collection of Robert L. Stuart, another nineteenth-century New York philanthropist and art collector.

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