In our Masterpiece Stories series we have something truly beautiful for you. I want to discuss Rainy Season in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church,...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 April 2026
Among the Sierra Nevada, California, by Albert Bierstadt, is a majestic mountainous landscape filled with wild beauty and blissful idealism. Its...
James W Singer 25 January 2026
Heart of the Andes is one truly impressive landscape painting. Frederic Edwin Church’s crowning achievement depicts the scenery he saw during his...
Alexandra Kiely 25 January 2026
The Architect’s Dream is an outstanding example of architectural genre. It was painted by American artist and founder of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole in 1840 for the New York architect Ithiel Town. The painting seamlessly stitches together Egyptian, Graeco-Roman and Gothic styles into a fantastical landscape.
Rucha Vijay Bodas 22 June 2025
During her lifetime, the American landscape artist Susie Barstow (1836-1923) was nationally renowned and commercially successful. So why don’t...
Emily Snow 19 March 2025
Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was a true world traveler. In his lifetime, Church visited the Arctic, Mexico, South...
Alexandra Kiely 19 August 2024
In the previous article on Hudson River School, I introduced six female artists of this important landscape painting movement in 19th-century...
Alexandra Kiely 5 April 2024
Women Reframe American Landscape: Susie Barstow & Her Circle/Contemporary Practices is a two-part exhibition at the Thomas Cole National Historic...
Alexandra Kiely 3 July 2023
African-American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson made headlines in January 2021. This happened when his Landscape with Rainbow was featured...
Alexandra Kiely 17 August 2022
