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American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School

American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School

Avery, Kevin J., Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, John K. Howat, Doreen Bolger Burke, and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger
1987
368 pages
255 illustrations
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List of Painters and Paintings
Lenders to the Exhibition
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader

Introduction

The Essays
Kevin J. Avery

A Historiography of the Hudson River School
Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque

The Exaltation of American Landscape Painting
John K. Howat

A Climate for Landscape Painters
Doreen Bolger Burke and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger

The Hudson River School in Eclipse

Essay Notes

The Paintings

List of Contributors
Short Titles and Abbreviations
Index
Photograph Credits

Met Art in Publication

Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane) American, Oil on canvas, American
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor
Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane)
1862
The Mountain Ford, Thomas Cole American, Oil on canvas, American
The Mountain Ford
Thomas Cole
1846
[Carte-de-Visite Album of Famous American Personages]
Edward Anthony
1860s–70s
[Jasper Francis Cropsey]
George Gardner Rockwood
1860s
[Jervis McEntee], Austin Augustus Turner American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[Jervis McEntee]
Austin Augustus Turner
1860s
Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire, David Johnson American, Oil on canvas, American
Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire
David Johnson
1856
Bayside, New Rochelle, New York, David Johnson American, Oil on canvas, American
Bayside, New Rochelle, New York
David Johnson
1886
Near the Coast, Robert Swain Gifford American, Oil on canvas, American
Near the Coast
Robert Swain Gifford
ca. 1885
Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot French, Oil on canvas
Ville-d'Avray
Camille Corot
1870
The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, Théodore Rousseau French, Oil on wood
The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest
Théodore Rousseau
1852–54
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets), Jean-Léon Gérôme French, Oil on canvas
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1884 or earlier
Scene at Napanoch, William Hart American, Scottish, Oil on canvas, American
Scene at Napanoch
William Hart
1883
The Beeches, Asher Brown Durand American, Oil on canvas, American
The Beeches
Asher Brown Durand
1845
In the Woods, Asher Brown Durand American, Oil on canvas, American
In the Woods
Asher Brown Durand
1855
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole American, Oil on canvas, American
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Thomas Cole
1836
View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, Thomas Cole American, Oil on canvas, American
View on the Catskill—Early Autumn
Thomas Cole
1836–37
The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, Jerome B. Thompson American, Oil on canvas, American
The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain
Jerome B. Thompson
1858
Hudson River Scene, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American
Hudson River Scene
John Frederick Kensett
1857
Lake George, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American
Lake George
John Frederick Kensett
1869
Eaton's Neck, Long Island, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American
Eaton's Neck, Long Island
John Frederick Kensett
1872
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Howat, John K. 1987. American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.