Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society

Date: 07/11/09 - 12/13/09
Time: Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Audience: Public
Sponsored By: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Cost: Suggested donation
Location: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Contact: Fran Smulcheski, x3858, Smulchef@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum

To commemorate Hudson 400 celebrations, the museum has organized "The Hudson River to Niagara Falls" - an extraordinary exhibition of 45 landscape paintings from the New-York Historical Society. These beautiful paintings highlight 19th century views of specific sites along the Hudson River from Manhattan through the Hudson Valley and on to Niagara Falls by way of the Erie Canal. Artists represented in the exhibition include Samuel F. Morse, George Inness, Jasper F. Cropsy, Asher B. Durand, John F. Weir, Thomas Cole Albert Bierstadt, and others.