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
9.75 x 11.5 in
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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

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