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Article: The Berkshires as muse.(Current and coming.)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Berkshire County in western Massachusetts is one of the most visually captivating regions of New England. Nearly equidistant from New York City and Boston, it was discovered in the nineteenth century by affluent residents of those cities and by artists, writers, and musicians who were drawn to the quiet beauty of the scenery and the fellowship of like-minded individuals who had settled there permanently or came for the summer.
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A small, tightly focused exhibition on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, examines how the Berkshires inspired the American ...