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Nature's "Kindred Spirits".(Museums Today)
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March 1, 2008
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ASHER B. DURAND (1796-1886) was a leading member of the New York art world who, with Thomas Cole, is credited with founding the U.S.'s first national school of art, the Hudson River School. This mid-19th-century art movement was responsible for idyllic depictions of both bits of nature and grand landscape views, making Durand's name synonymous with the development of American landscape painting. "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape" is the first monographic exhibition devoted to Durand's career in more than 35 years. It ...
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