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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

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

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
1862

The Mountain Ford, Thomas Cole American, Oil on canvas, American — The Mountain Ford
1846

[Carte-de-Visite Album of Famous American Personages]

Multiple artists/makers

1860s–70s

[Jasper Francis Cropsey]

1860s

[Jervis McEntee], Austin Augustus Turner American, Albumen silver print from glass negative — [Jervis McEntee]
1860s

Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire, David Johnson American, Oil on canvas, American — Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire
1856

Bayside, New Rochelle, New York, David Johnson American, Oil on canvas, American — Bayside, New Rochelle, New York
1886

Near the Coast, Robert Swain Gifford American, Oil on canvas, American — Near the Coast
ca. 1885

Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot French, Oil on canvas — Ville-d'Avray
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
1852–54

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets), Jean-Léon Gérôme French, Oil on canvas — Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
1884 or earlier

Scene at Napanoch, William Hart American, Scottish, Oil on canvas, American — Scene at Napanoch
1883

The Beeches, Asher Brown Durand American, Oil on canvas, American — The Beeches
1845

In the Woods, Asher Brown Durand American, Oil on canvas, American — In the Woods
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
1836

View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, Thomas Cole American, Oil on canvas, American — View on the Catskill—Early Autumn
1836–37

The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, Jerome B. Thompson American, Oil on canvas, American — The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain
1858

Hudson River Scene, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American — Hudson River Scene
1857

Lake George, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American — Lake George
1869

Eaton's Neck, Long Island, John Frederick Kensett American, Oil on canvas, American — Eaton's Neck, Long Island
1872

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Howat, John K. 1987. American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.