“As Beautiful as the Catskill Woods”:
Women of the Hudson River School Paint the Hudson Valley

Dr. Nancy Siegel

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Online Only Event

Nancy Siegel is Professor of Art History and Culinary History at Towson University. Her most recent book, Susie M. Barstow: Redefining the Hudson River School, complements the 2023 touring exhibition she is co-curating, Women Reframe American Landscape: Susie Barstow & Her Circle/Contemporary Practices. Dr. Siegel has authored/edited publications such as The Cultured Canvas: New Perspectives on American Landscape Painting; River Views of the Hudson River School; and Within the Landscape: Essays on Nineteenth-Century American Art and Culture. She has been the recipient of numerous research grants and fellowships. For this program, she will present Susie Barstow's life and art in the context of her time, and demonstrate how her work is a part of an ongoing tradition of women artists working in the region.

Learn more and register at: http://maristconnect.marist.edu/womenpainters

The Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett Lecture Series was established in 2001 to advance appreciation of the rich heritage of the Hudson River Valley and to promote the history of the region.

The Hudson River Valley Institute (HRVI) is a Center of Excellence at Marist College that studies and promotes the history of the Hudson River Valley. The Institute provides information about the region’s culture, economy, environment, and educational resources through www.hudsonrivervalley.org, public programming, and The Hudson River Valley Review. This biannual peer-reviewed journal covers all aspects of regional history. The Hudson River Valley Institute is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment Humanities.  

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