On Sunday, April 28th the Thomas Cole National Historic Site , home and studio of the founder of the Hudson River School, will celebrate the opening of their 2013 exhibition Albert Bierstadt in New York & New England. For the forthcoming exhibition and accompanying illustrated catalogue, guest curator, Annette Blaugrund, former director of the National Academy Museum, will focus on Albert Bierstadt’s east coast paintings. While Bierstadtis best known for his iconic images of the American West,this exhibition will offer a rare chance to see the artist’s faithful depictions of botanical and geological details in the unspoiled wilderness, mountains, and meadows in the White Mountains, Hudson Valley, and in New England and New York. Both large and small scale paintings were composed between the late 1850s and 1880s, often while the artist wass electing aesthetic sites for his brothers Charles and Edward to photograph for their stereographs.  Having previously written about Bierstadtinher book on the Tenth Street Studio Building, where the artist worked for almost twenty years, Dr.Blaugrund will also tie in Bierstadt’s studios in New York City, Westchester, and Oneida County as they relate to his work.

A lecture with the curator will be held at 2 pm,to be followed by an open house from 3‐5 pm. The Thomas Cole Historic Site is located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill,New York. For information visit www.thomascole.org or call 518‐943‐7465.