Places to go and things to do Apr 18, 2008
PAINTING ON THE TRAIL OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL: MIHARU LANE: on display through through April 27, Suraci Gallery, second floor, Shields Center for Visual Arts, Marywood University. ABANDON: photographs and digital paintings by Alicia Lynn Grega, through April, Anthology Books, 515 Center St.. (Scranton Times, PA)
New Currier Museum of Art Opens Apr 11, 2008
Shown along with these are works of 18th- and 19th-century American artists from the Hudson River School, including Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole. European Paintings and American Sculpture. (Suite101.com)
Book explores Columbia County’s industrial history Mar 21, 2008
Our Hudson River School painters tended to erase the railroads and factories from the record of the regional landscape, and we are now at risk of erasing even their ruins and their history from our heritage. To do so would be an irreparable loss one that by its mission the Columbia County Historical Society is dedicated to preventing. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
No finer arts around than at these college museums Mar 16, 2008
Today, American art, particularly from the 19th and 20th centuries, remains the museum's strength and is represented by Hudson River School landscapes, folk art, and paintings by Albert Bierstadt, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, and Sargent. Equally impressive are the extensive holdings of European art from the same period. (Boston Globe)
In the arts, a school of rock Mar 1, 2008
Titus presentation, a play on words on the Hudson River School of Painting, is called The Hudson River School of Rocks, and will address the relationship of geology and landscape in the works of the great Hudson River School painters. The talk, which is part of Cedar Grove s monthly Sunday Salon series, begins at 2 p.m., and will include how and why Cole and his compatriots often used enhanced or altered reconstructions of local geologic features in their paintings to aid the imaginative force... (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Debbie Lewis keeps her club forever 29 Nov 8, 2007
"But back then, it wasn't all just cocktail chatter over Lesbian Fizzes, 29's once-signature drink that was as mod as shoulder pads. When the AIDS epidemic was still referred to as the "gay man's cancer," its impact was felt strongly among Boston's style cognoscenti. Determined to jumpstart action within the community, Trichon corralled a group of fashion and nightlife denizens such as Patrick Lyons, radio personality Sunny Joe White, then-magazine publisher Robert Birnbaum, and Harry Collings,... (Boston Globe)
VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR 10/26 Oct 28, 2007
Through October 29, oil paintings by Loman Eng fusing classic Chinese with Hudson River School style. (518) 671-6128. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Shut out: Olana faces a major setback to its bid for international recognition Oct 27, 2007
It seems the great painter of the Hudson River School isn't deemed great enough-not yet at least-for special international recognition of Olana, the home he had built overlooking the Hudson in Columbia County ... "We can't believe that, especially since a very well-respected curator, who used to be with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, just recently told us Church is considered the master of the Hudson River School," says Sara Johns Griffen, president of The Olana Partnership. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Painter Robert Ferrandini pushes past tragedy Oct 26, 2007
The older paintings had a Hudson River School majesty and romanticism; they tangled with nature's darkness and found light at its center. Ferrandini brought fear and awe to his canvases, and his work was shot through with the humility of a man standing before something transcendent. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Local artist Ann Bishop McGregor’s work featured this month at Arts Center Oct 5, 2007
I am also quite partial to some of the first light painters who were considered part of the Hudson River school of artists such as Church, Bierstadt, Kensett, and Gifford. I love to see these artists works firsthand whenever I can and continually strive to improve and become a better artist myself. (Charles City Press, IO)
VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR 9/28 Oct 1, 2007
September 29 through October 29, oil paintings by Loman Eng fusing classic Chinese with Hudson River School style. Opening reception Saturday, September 29, 5 to 8 pm. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Stories in Stone: Unplanned views Sep 29, 2007
Saturday 29 September, 2007. It's south of Hudson off of Route. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
'Poetic Journey' showcases America's landscapes Sep 4, 2007
NEW BRITAIN - In the picture book, "Poetic Journey," which complements the newest exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Kevin Sharp writes about the Hudson River School of Painting ... "Poetic Journey" offers museum visitors a view of 28 paintings by Hudson River School artists ... The Grey Collection complements the museum's permanent collection of Hudson River School paintings. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Gallery owners want to expand Aug 14, 2007
He surmises that the reason for that can be traced back to the Hudson River School landscape painters, some of whom spent time in the Finger Lakes region. think that we're actually experiencing the crop from that seed, Lucas said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Exploring more than landscapes Jul 26, 2007
Edlund is known for reimagining the work of Hudson River School painters. In "Forgotten America: Chief Uncas Pursues His Rivals Through Quinnipiac (after Frederic Church)," he echoes the early Church painting "West Rock, New Haven" (1849). (Boston Globe -- Living)
Poetry of place: Photographer Lynn Davis travels the world to create evocative and personal images Jul 21, 2007
Saturday 21 July, 2007. The title could also be used for a history of her 40-year career. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR 7/13 Jul 14, 2007
Ongoing exhibitions are Expressions of Culture, featuring American and European paintings from the museum's permanent collection; The Mischief and Genius of Alexander Calder; Berkshire Backyard; Who's That Dinosaur on the Front Lawn; Minerals and Rocks; and Hudson River School of Art. (413) 443-7171. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
65 artists to join paint-out in Millbrook Jun 2, 2007
She said it is just like the mid-19th century, when a group of American landscape painters originated the Hudson River School style, which took inspiration from pastoral portrayals of nature. She said many of the artists at the event have a style that is reminiscent of Thomas Cole, the unofficial founder of the Hudson River School. (Millbrook Round Table, NY)
Cedar Grove, Mountaintop to mark Trails Day May 30, 2007
Beginning on Saturday, June 2, Cedar Grove will offer hikers and art enthusiasts a chance to visit some of the favorite Mountaintop haunts of legendary 19th century Hudson River School of Painting artists such as Cole and his peers Asher B. Durand and Frederic Church. Licensed guides Barbara Delaney and Russell Dunn, who are the authors of Trail with Tales: History Hikes through the Capital Region, Saratoga, Berkshires, Catskills, n Valley, will lead the hike. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Art and running come together in honor of local hero May 20, 2007
Barry Hopkins is a well-known Catskill artist and educator, who was behind the Hudson River School Art Trail, a project of Cedar Grove, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site on Spring Street in the village of Catskill. This trail, intended to be followed by car with the occasional short walk or hike, guides local people and visitors to seven sites related to Thomas Cole, Catskill's most famous artist, and the school of art that he helped to create. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
St. Louis Art Museum May 12, 2007
On view in the American Arts collection are brilliant paintings by Hudson River School painters such as Jasper Cropsey and Robert Duncanson, and Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham s Election Series, The Jolly Flatboat Men in Port, Stump Speaking and County Election. The period rooms of the Decorative Art and Design collection run the gamut from Renaissance to present day. (Suite101.com)
Art of expansion May 5, 2007
What: American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting When: Today through Sept. 2 Where: The Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St. Details: Museum hours are Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students; $2 for children 6 through 12; children 5 and under, free ... Soaring vistas and stunning landscapes are the hallmark of the 19th-century art movement known as the Hudson... (Scranton Times, PA)
A force of nature Apr 9, 2007
Asher Durand (1796-1886), a noted progenitor (along with Thomas Cole) of the American movement called the Hudson River School, oscillated between the competing prerogatives of vision and aesthetics. The Brooklyn Museum's bewitchingly tranquil survey of his long career documents this relentless struggle. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Ansel Adams' America Mar 29, 2007
There's something keenly patriotic about Adams' work, an equation of nature with nationalism that also had animated the 19th century painters of the Hudson River School ... Adams, adapting the predilections of the Hudson River School, creates a rough equivalency among God, untrammeled nature, the United States and the sublime. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
This masterpiece is a survivor Mar 20, 2007
A masterpiece that established young Thomas Cole's genius for landscapes and set him on a course of becoming the leader of the world-famous Hudson River School of art had gone missing and was long forgotten. How the painting was rediscovered and restored recently after being damaged in a Philadelphia warehouse fire in the early 1990s will be the subject of a lecture Sunday by Elise Effmann. (Albany Times Union)
The Clearwater and Scott Berwick still sailing the Hudson River Mar 12, 2007
Clearwater board member and Treasurer Scott Berwick recently explained some of the details of the organization, especially the volunteer program which provides education to school children via their New Hudson River School. To get the rest of the story every day, subscribe to The Daily Mail. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Wadsworth Atheneum director announces resignation Feb 17, 2007
Wadsworth board president Coleman Casey credited Holmes with broadening the museum's international reputation, such as arranging European showings of the Wadsworth's collection of Hudson River School paintings. "That raises the profile of the museum, and now, when people come here from Europe, they say, 'We have to go to Hartford because that's where the Wadsworth is,"' Casey said. (Newsday -- State)
Art professor has solo exhibit at de Young Jan 8, 2007
Using custom software I search the Internet for images based on titles of paintings by Hudson River School painters -- people such as Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, and Thomas Moran, said Anderson. The software returns everyday snapshots of the places represented in the paintings. (US Santa Cruz Currents, CA)
Read Indepth Article Jan 2, 2007
As Don Bischop's work evolves, Bishop identifies a strong influence from the tonalist, impressionist, and Hudson River School of thought ... Other painting influences include the tonalist style and the Hudson River School ... As his work evolves, he sees his paintings becoming a hybrid of the tonalist, impressionist, and Hudson River School influences. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Eakins' painting to stay in Philly; Wal-Mart heiress loses out Dec 23, 2006
Last year, she bought Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand's noted 1849 work "Kindred Spirits" from the New York Public Library for $35 million. Her sealed bid beat out a combined offer by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery. (NEPA News, PA)
University to sell treasured artwork Nov 16, 2006
In another deal that caused consternation among art lovers, Walton last year purchased Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand's noted 1849 work Kindred Spirits from the New York Public Library for $35-million. Her sealed bid beat out a combined offer by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, which both sought to keep the work at a large East Coast museum. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Clock ticking to save 'The Gross Clinic' Nov 15, 2006
In another deal that caused consternation among art lovers, Walton last year purchased Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand's noted 1849 work, "Kindred Spirits," from the New York Public Library for $35 million. Her sealed bid beat out a combined offer by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, which both sought to keep the work at a large East Coast museum. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Painters with a Maine cause Nov 13, 2006
A leader of the Hudson River School of painting, Church painted his masterpiece "Mt. Ktaadn" in 1853, as national debate about nature conservation was beginning. The painting is a sublime vision of nature, but also includes fictional human elements including a farmhouse and bridge. (Boston Globe)
`American Splendor' celebrates the natural look Oct 22, 2006
Shining a light on Hudson River School painters ... "The first European colonists found North America's dark woods haunted by ``savages" and witches, but for Cole and his 19th-century artist pals, who would become known as the Hudson River School, the wilderness offered, as Cole wrote, ``prospects mighty and sublime ... " And that, too, is a good way to describe ``American Splendor: Hudson River School Masterworks From the Wadsworth Atheneum Collection," at the Hartford museum through Dec. 31. (Boston Globe)
Photog captures haunting images Oct 18, 2006
"People would point this out to me, and I was shocked. I think of myself as a realist. But the more I thought about this issue, the more I understood that it was the fact of the place itself and the seasons. The awesome properties of it are akin to the sublime in the Hudson River School or the Western landscape painting tradition ... "I didn't do it," he said of a particularly glowing image taken from inside the half-collapsed Winter Garden, "the light did it. " But Meyerowitz speculated that... (San Francisco Chronicle)
2 shows dig deep into the landscape Oct 13, 2006
Several lyrical canvases by Alexander Helwig Wyant, Dwight William Tryon and others distill the landscape into concise images of calmness, in contrast to the bombastic grandeur of the then-ascendant "second" Hudson River School. Tryon's "Autumn Sunset," painted in 1908 and 1909, renders its trees' naked forms in subtle but thick layers of paint, bringing the dying vegetation to artistic life. (Orlando Sentinel)
'Yosemite' Art of an American Icon Oct 12, 2006
Other early painters, such as Albert Bierstadt, conveyed a similar sense of scale, with tiny figures in the foreground to show the immensity of the landmarks, and bathed their works in the lush peaches and golds of the Hudson River School. Early photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge lugged their primitive equipment up steep trails with teams of mules, creating what were among the first landscapes in the medium. (Los Angeles Times)
Great Getaway Deals Sep 12, 2006
At the Cooley Gallery, there's more 19th-century American art, with a particular emphasis on work by painters of the Hudson River school. After you've been through the galleries, take a drive out of town to see some of nature's own artwork - the Autumn foliage. (Newsday -- New York City)
Art Trail Center to be unveiled at festival Aug 26, 2006
HAINES FALLS The Thomas Cole National Historic Site has announced a partnership with the Mountain Top Historical Society to create a special Interpretive Center for the Hudson River School Art Trail. To get the rest of the story every day, subscribe to The Daily Mail. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Enjoy exotic views in and around Olana Jul 26, 2006
Explore Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church's mansion Olana - The Boston Globe ... In the depth of snow season the luscious word that Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), a famous painter of the Hudson River School, chose to name his estate conjured visions of a hospitable sultanate. (Boston Globe)
A natural canvas Jul 26, 2006
CATSKILL, N.Y. -- In the typical Hudson River School painting, masses of cumulus clouds rise above an outsize vista of river and mountains ... Cedar Grove is the starting point of the Hudson River School Art Trail that ranges from artists' homes to vistas that became touchstones of the heroic, ultimately patriotic style of landscape painting ... Cole may have launched the Hudson River School movement, but his prot g , Frederic Edwin Church , carried the celebration of nature to new heights. (Boston Globe)
Seward House unveils artistic appeal Jul 21, 2006
Cole at this time was considered to be one of the top landscape painters in the country, having helped found the Hudson River School. In the painting, Cole captures the immensity of nature from the soaring eagles to the trees and plunging mountains and gorges of the Genesee River landscape and one solitary figure, identified as Cole himself almost lost in the huge landscape. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
World At Your Feet Jul 17, 2006
It is a combination of the pastoral and wild, as if a real life tip of the cap to the 19th century art of Thomas Cole of the Hudson River School of painters. Approaching the field, the woods frame the scene nicely. (CTNow.com)
Developers breathe new life into hotel Jul 11, 2006
The walls of the 16-room hotel feature Hudson River School paintings throughout, giving it a 19th-century feel against the backdrop of modern fixtures. Each hotel room includes amenities such as heated towel racks and flat-screen TVs. (Times Herald-Record, NY)
Space Artists Face Reality: NASA Does It Better Jun 18, 2006
"We are the last surviving members of the Hudson River School," he said. Dixon remembered when images from the Viking 1 mission the first to land on Mars began streaming back to Earth in 1976. (Q13.com, WA)
Sweeney helps announce Web site for Hudson River School Art Trail Jun 5, 2006
The Daily Mail Online. Serving Greene County since 1792. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Dreams and visions May 19, 2006
"Hudson River School Drawings From Dia Art Foundation" and the interrelated "Dan Flavin, drawing water light" continue through July 9. "Waking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites," including paintings and decorative arts, arrives July 29 from the Delaware Art Museum, which has the most significant collection of Pre-Raphaelite art outside Great Britain (through Oct. 8). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
What's the BIG IDEA? May 6, 2006
"Nineteenth century American artists [like those in the Hudson River School] idealized landscape, integrating earth, air and light so that the painting became about the physicality of the land. But at the end of the day, bigness is about getting to the source of an experience.". As an example, Grachos gives Robert Therrien's "Table and Six Chairs," on view in the gallery's Sculpture Court through the summer. (Buffalo News)
Is your town cool? Hudson is. Apr 22, 2006
"They can say what they like about southern hospitality, but when you make a friend here you make a friend for life." One of his dining companions, Frank Altman, a business consultant and a full-time resident, mentioned the city's connection to the Hudson River School. He is looking forward to the rehabilitation of Hudson's South Bay. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Artsy yoga tones body, feeds soul Mar 30, 2006
The first week, for example, was about the museum's most famous work, "The Voyage of Life" by Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. The four large canvases symbolically compare the changing landscapes along a river to the stages of life: childhood, youth, manhood and old age. (MSNBC -- Health)
After Dark: Hard to avert eyes from eerily enticing images Feb 19, 2006
Most of my experiences with art came as a tour guide among light-dappled French impressionist works or grand, uplifting Hudson River School landscapes, but I've always been drawn to those artists who aren't afraid to dig deep into their own souls or the souls of their fellow man. Dante's work, and therefore Mazur's modern interpretation, is all about souls, both tortured and redeemed. (Burlington Free Press)
