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American Encounters: Thomas Cole and the Narrative Landscape
22 Sep, 2012 - 06 Jan, 2013
American Encounters is a result of a four-year collaboration among the High Museum of Art, the mus茅e du Louvre, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. The collaboration focuses on installations of American and European art.
The exhibition explores the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition, the installation includes an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger that inspired Cole鈥檚 work after Cole saw it in Paris.
The works will be displayed in the High's permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the Museum's own holdings.
The six paintings in the inaugural installation include:Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre) Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation) Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges) Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High) Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High) Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
The exhibition explores the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition, the installation includes an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger that inspired Cole鈥檚 work after Cole saw it in Paris.
The works will be displayed in the High's permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the Museum's own holdings.
The six paintings in the inaugural installation include:Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre) Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation) Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges) Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High) Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High) Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
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American Encounters is a result of a four-year collaboration among the High Museum of Art, the mus茅e du Louvre, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. The collaboration focuses on installations of American and European art.
The exhibition explores the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition, the installation includes an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger that inspired Cole鈥檚 work after Cole saw it in Paris.
The works will be displayed in the High's permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the Museum's own holdings.
The six paintings in the inaugural installation include:Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre) Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation) Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges) Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High) Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High) Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
The exhibition explores the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition, the installation includes an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger that inspired Cole鈥檚 work after Cole saw it in Paris.
The works will be displayed in the High's permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the Museum's own holdings.
The six paintings in the inaugural installation include:Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre) Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation) Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges) Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High) Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High) Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday - Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday - Friday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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