![]() ![]() The exhibition features the Academys superb, but little known group of paintings by leading Pennsylvania Impressionists Daniel Garber, Edward Willis Redfield, Robert Spencer and John Fulton Folinsbee who painted in and around New Hope. In contrast, Junius Allens East River Waterfront, Guy Carleton Wiggens Manhattan, and Ernest Lawsons Road Down the Palisades describe the cityscapes along the Hudson Rivers ever changing waters edge.Īmerican Waters provides a distinctive view of a variety of areas all across the continental United States. A section devoted to the landscape and marine painter William Trost Richards offers eight works given to the Academy by his daughter in 1952 and include a suite of five masterful watercolors of the sea that have not been seen by the public in many years. Some highlights of the exhibition are paintings by members of the second generation of the Hudson River School, which include John Frederick Kensetts dramatic painting of Bash-Bish Falls, one of Massachusetts highest and most dramatic waterfalls. To celebrate these simultaneous Quadricentennials as well as the 200th anniversary of Robert Fultons successful maiden steamboat journey up the Hudson River the National Academys exhibition, American Waters reveals a unique historical perspective through select paintings of rural and urban American landscapes captured by generations of American artists.Īmong the eastern sites pictured are the Hudson River and Niagara Falls of New York, the Saco River of New Hampshire, and Blubber Island in Maine. Within a century of their discoveries, the waterways that now bear the names Hudson and Champlain merged into one vital corridor at the epicenter of global commerce, politics and ideas. This year, New York State and its many communities are celebrating a yearlong series of events to commemorate the 400th anniversary of New York State and the dual anniversaries of the voyages of English Captain Henry Hudson and Frenchman Samuel de Champlain. Spanning the period 1850-2000, American Waters explores the myriad ways American artists have represented American aquatic environs, especially in the northeastern regions. This exhibition features more than 50 works drawn from the National Academys wide-ranging collection of American art. NEW YORK, NY.- American Waters: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Hudson, Fulton and Champlain brings to light many works that have rarely been viewed by the public. ![]()
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