Article: Nature's "Kindred Spirits".(Museums Today)

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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 includes paintings of various areas in New York, including Kaaterskill Clove, as well as portraits ...

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