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Hudson River School Stories

  • Paul G. Stein
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Behind-the-scenes vignettes of the Hudson River School, culled from the increasing abundance of online archival sources.

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Sanford Robinson Gifford, "Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid," 1866. Oil on canvas, 11 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.

An August Invitation

  • August 24th, 2011 13:10

"My dear McEntee…" On August 28, 1863, Sanford Robinson Gifford wrote to Jervis McEntee from a book shop at Saratoga ...

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John Frederick Kensett, "Shrewsbury River, New Jersey," 1859

Kensett's Keepsakes

  • July 6th, 2011 14:55

In the 1850s through 1860, John Frederick Kensett painted a series of at least five landscapes of the "Shrewsbury ...

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John S. Jameson, "River and Mountains," circa 1860

The Prodigy

  • May 30th, 2011 10:25

Sometimes a small painting can tell a big story.   Such is the case with a six-by-nine-inch landscape by John S. ...

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Asher Durand's "Progress (The Advance of Civilization)" seen here at the Booklyn Museum in 2007

Two American Treasures, Sold

  • April 22nd, 2011 10:09

Everyone knows that art world players throw big bucks at Picasso, Warhol, and Monet. Yet within the past couple of ...

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Thomas Cole (1801-1848) -- Desolation

Cole's Manifesto

  • March 21st, 2011 16:46

There is the moral of all human tales; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past. First Freedom and then Glory—when ...

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Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880) - Mount Merino - 1861 - 11x22 inches

View from a Hill

  • February 9th, 2011 18:06

Reclining under a tree, on a hill overlooking his hometown along the Hudson River, Sanford Gifford made a decision ...

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