The century after the United States established its independence saw artists making works that were crucial to forming the country’s cultural identity.

A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the ...

What would the lions in front of the New York Public Library fetch at auction? This seems a reasonable question, given that the New York Public Library recently sold off one of the most celebrated ...

"Group of Trees," by Asher Durand via Oregon State University, ca. 1856. A new study from OSU shows that landscape paintings like Durand's could be used to aid historical forest research. When you ...

It may seem lately every time you walk into a museum you see an Asher Durand exhibition. Thirty years ago, we had the Summer of Sam. This year brings us the Summer of Durand. It’s hardly a bad thing.

"Catalogue of American portraits in the New-York Historical Society; volume 1," New Haven: Published for the New York Historical Society by Yale University Press, 1974. Ferber, Linda S., ed., "Kindred ...

An imaginary journey through the beautiful landscapes of the United States, immortalized by some of the most iconic painters and photographers of the "New World". On October 4, 2024, the Brooklyn ...

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