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According to Eva J. Allen, Ph.D, Philip Koch鈥檚 works constitute 鈥渁 contemporary re-imagining of the romantic panoramas of the great 19th- century American landscape painters.鈥� The works in this exhibition were created over the past seven years at various locations throughout New England as Koch followed in the footsteps of artists from the 19th century through the present. He considers himself very much a part of the 鈥渦nbroken thread鈥� that has evolved through the tradition of depicting New England in art for almost two hundred years. Philip Koch studied studio art and art history at Oberlin College in Ohio. In the Oberlin library, he found a monograph on Edward Hopper and developed an interest in drawing from life. He also discovered the school鈥檚 collection of the Dutch Old Masters paintings. Their works caused Koch to become restless with his 鈥渟imple abstract paintings as they came to seem more clever than insightful. I (Koch) wanted something deeper and began scratching about another path.鈥� In the summers of 1968 and 1969, Koch studied at the Art Students League where he became interested in 1930鈥檚 regionalism, especially the work of Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood and Charles Burchfield. The regionalists鈥� colorful expression of the Midwest landscapes prompted Koch to pursue his MFA in painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, where realism was still encouraged. This is where Koch 鈥渄iscovered the romance of 19th-century landscape painting.鈥� In 1973, Koch began teaching at Maryland Institute College of Art, where he is now a full professor. Since 1983, he has spent twelve summers as the resident artist in Edward Hopper鈥檚 studio in Truro, MA.