Curator Talk | Hudson River School Journeys: The Watercolors and Drawings of William Hart and Julie Hart Beers
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 pm
Free to the Public
About the Talk:
Exhibition curator, Doug McCombs, will discuss the plein air sketches of American landscape artists William Hart (1823–1894) and his sister Julie Hart Beers (1834–1913), which are the subject of the current exhibition, Hudson River School Journeys: Watercolors and Drawings of William Hart and Julie Hart Beers. McCombs will consider the process of sketching in nature in the nineteenth century, where and how the artists traveled, and the choice of subjects selected. McCombs will also offer curatorial insight into the development of the exhibition and will have available a selection of works by both artists not included in the exhibition.
About the Curator, W. Douglas McCombs:
Douglas McCombs is chief curator at the Albany Institute of History & Art and has developed and curated several exhibitions of Hudson River School paintings and drawings, including the installation of the Hudson River School painting collection in the Christine and George R. Hearst III Gallery.
Sponsored by a Humanities New York Vision/Action Grant.
