Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Church's Views from Olana by Evelyn D. Tre

Description: Glories of the Hudson by Evelyn D. Trebilcock, Valerie Balint, John K. Howat "The site is the result of a careful study of the river-banks, and commands so many views of varied beauty, that all the glories of the Hudson may be said to circle it."-H. W. French, Art and Artists in Connecticut, 1879 In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed... FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "The site is the result of a careful study of the river-banks, and commands so many views of varied beauty, that all the glories of the Hudson may be said to circle it."-H. W. French, Art and Artists in Connecticut, 1879 In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name. The exhibition and its accompanying publication Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Churchs Views from Olana mark the quadricentennial of his discovery by highlighting Frederic Churchs sketches of the prospect from his hilltop home overlooking the river. Church made his first sketch of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains from Red Hill-the south end of the property that became his home, Olana-in 1845, on a sketching expedition suggested by his teacher Thomas Cole. Returning to the Hudson Valley in 1860 as the nations most famous and best-paid artist, Church settled on a farm on the lower slope of the Sienghenbergh, securing for himself and his new wife a splendid vantage point for studying, sketching, and painting the river.Church continued to add land to his property, attaining new and varied vistas of the river, and crowned the estate with a Persian-inspired house designed to frame splendid views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. Church never tired of his views of the river, documenting his passion for the Hudson in paintings, oil sketches, and drawings. From Olana, he observed the transformations wrought by the changing seasons, weather, and light, capturing chilly winter snows, brilliant sunsets, and passing storms in sketches executed with a few brushstrokes or autumn colors and clear winter light in more finished easel paintings. The best of these are reproduced here, in eighty-three illustrations, sixty-nine in full color, some of them published for the first time. The essay by Evelyn D. Trebilcock and Valerie A. Balint, the introduction by Kenneth John Myers, and the foreword by John K. Howat together provide an absorbing narrative of the development of the Hudson River School and its most successful artist.The Olana Partnership, Hudson, New York, and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Albany, New York, organized Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Churchs Views from Olana, held from May 23 to October 12, 2009 Author Biography Evelyn D. Trebilcock is Curator of Olana. She lectures frequently on Olana, Frederic Church, and Church at Olana and has published an essay in The Hudson Valley: Our Heritage, Our Future and the foreword to Kaaterskill Clove: Where Nature Met Art. Valerie A. Balint is Associate Curator of Olana. Prior to joining Olana, she worked at Chesterwood, the home of the sculptor Daniel Chester French, and the Frelinghuysen-Morris Foundation, the home of abstract artists Suzy Frelinghuysen and George L. K. Morris. Kenneth John Myers is Curator and department head of American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He has published several books, including Mr. Whistlers Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition and The Catskills: Painters, Writers, and Tourists in the Mountains, 1820–1895. John K. Howat is Curator Emeritus at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was formerly Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the Department of American Art. He is author of several books, including the seminal biography Frederic Church. Long Description "The site is the result of a careful study of the river-banks, and commands so many views of varied beauty, that all the glories of the Hudson may be said to circle it."--H. W. French, Art and Artists in Connecticut , 1879 In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name. The exhibition and its accompanying publication Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Churchs Views from Olana mark the quadricentennial of his discovery by highlighting Frederic Churchs sketches of the prospect from his hilltop home overlooking the river. Church made his first sketch of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains from Red Hill--the south end of the property that became his home, Olana--in 1845, on a sketching expedition suggested by his teacher Thomas Cole. Returning to the Hudson Valley in 1860 as the nations most famous and best-paid artist, Church settled on a farm on the lower slope of the Sienghenbergh, securing for himself and his new wife a splendid vantage point for studying, sketching, and painting the river. Church continued to add land to his property, attaining new and varied vistas of the river, and crowned the estate with a Persian-inspired house designed to frame splendid views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. Church never tired of his views of the river, documenting his passion for the Hudson in paintings, oil sketches, and drawings. From Olana, he observed the transformations wrought by the changing seasons, weather, and light, capturing chilly winter snows, brilliant sunsets, and passing storms in sketches executed with a few brushstrokes or autumn colors and clear winter light in more finished easel paintings. The best of these are reproduced here, in eighty-three illustrations, sixty-nine in full color, some of them published for the first time. The essay by Evelyn D. Trebilcock and Valerie A. Balint, the introduction by Kenneth John Myers, and the foreword by John K. Howat together provide an absorbing narrative of the development of the Hudson River School and its most successful artist. The Olana Partnership, Hudson, New York, and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Albany, New York, organized Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Churchs Views from Olana , held from May 23 to October 12, 2009 Details ISBN0801448433 Pages 96 Publisher Cornell University Press Year 2009 ISBN-10 0801448433 ISBN-13 9780801448430 Format Hardcover Imprint Cornell University Press Subtitle Frederic Edwin Churchs Views from Olana Place of Publication Ithaca Country of Publication United States Short Title GLORIES OF THE HUDSON Language English Media Book DEWEY 759.13 Author John K. Howat Publication Date 2009-07-01 Series The Olana Collection Audience Age 18 UK Release Date 2009-07-01 AU Release Date 2009-07-01 NZ Release Date 2009-07-01 US Release Date 2009-07-01 Illustrations 83 color illustrations Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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