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Frederic Church never tired of his views of the Hudson River, documenting his passion for the Hudson in paintings, oil sketches, and drawings. From Olana, he observed the transformations wrought by the changing seasons, weather, and light, capturing chilly winter snows, brilliant sunsets, and passing storms in sketches executed with a few brushstrokes or autumn colors and clear winter light in more finished easel paintings. The best of these are reproduced here in, in 83 illustrations, 69 in full color, some of them published for the first time. The essay by Evelyn D. Trebilcock and Valerie A. Balint, the introduction by Kenneth John Myers, and the forward by John K. Howat together provide an absorbing narrative of the development of the Hudson River School and its most successful artist. 93 pages, hardcover.
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