Art Curator Speaks on Hudson River School

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Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser

In the first half of the 19th century, a group of like-minded painters, poets and writers working in New York developed a distinctive vision of the American landscape that came to be known as the Hudson River School. Employing Thomas Cole’s work, landscape scenes from the Hudson River to Yosemite Valley, as well as scenes from the Arctic and South America, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will talk about how these powerful landscape interpretations shaped our national and cultural identity and how they demonstrated an early awareness of the value of preserving natural sites for future generations.

The program takes place Thursday, March 3. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments, lecture begins at 7 with Q&A session to follow. Members are $15, nonmembers $20. The program is free of charge to teachers, student and Patron Level members. Greenwich Historical Society, Vanderbilt Education Center is located at 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. Reservations are required. Visit greenwichhistory.org or call for 203-869-6899, ext. 10.

The program is the first of a series created in memory of the late David R.A. Wierdsma.

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