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celebrates the long and fruitful relationship between the two founders of the Hudson River School of painting and their literary soulmate. Using works held primarily in The New-York Historical Society's museum and library, essayists Barbara Novak and Ella M. Foshay investigate the ideas that informed Cole, Durand, and Bryant's work during the first half of the nineteenth century, the philosophical convictions they shared, and the means by which these three men ultimately elevated the native landscape to a position of prominence in American art.
celebrates the long and fruitful relationship between the two founders of the Hudson River School of painting and their literary soulmate. Using works held primarily in The New-York Historical Society's museum and library, essayists Barbara Novak and Ella M. Foshay investigate the ideas that informed Cole, Durand, and Bryant's work during the first half of the nineteenth century, the philosophical convictions they shared, and the means by which these three men ultimately elevated the native landscape to a position of prominence in American art.