On the Road to Cragsmoor with Charles Courtney Curran is an exhibition that traces the American painter Charles Courtney Curran’s (1861–1942) entire career. The exhibition follows Curran’s journey from his childhood home in Sandusky, Ohio, to New York City, Paris, and ultimately Cragsmoor, an artist colony situated in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York where Curran spent the last forty years of his working career summering and painting. Curran often depicted scenes of summer leisure—filled with sunshine, flowers, and natural beauty—which made his work accessible and appealing to his contemporary clients and viewers today.
On view from March 29 through October 13, 2025, the exhibition is drawn from private and public collections, as well as the Albany Institute, and includes examples of his portraits, works inspired by French Symbolism, commercial illustrations, and his better-known impressionist paintings. Many of the paintings that Curran produced during those summers at Cragsmoor are his most recognizable, depicting children at play and women enjoying gardens and mountain views dressed in the fashionable white lingerie dresses of the period. The exhibition includes several period fashions from the Albany Institute’s costume collection that closely resemble those worn by Curran’s models.
