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Hudson River School visions : the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford

Title
Hudson River School visions : the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford / edited by Kevin J. Avery and Franklin Kelly ; assisted by Claire A. Conway ; with essays by Heidi Applegate and Eleanor Jones Harvey.
Author
Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880.
Publication
  • New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2003]
  • ©2003
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Additional Authors
  • Avery, Kevin J.
  • Kelly, Franklin
  • Applegate, Heidi
  • Harvey, Eleanor Jones
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
  • Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.
  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.), host institution.
Description
xiv, 273 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 x 29 cm
Summary
"Sanford Gifford (1823-1880), a leading Hudson River School landscape painter and a founder of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was so esteemed by the New York art world that, at his untimely death, the Museum mounted a show of his work - the first monographic exhibition accorded any artist - and published a Memorial Catalogue that, for nearly a century, remained the principal source on his oeuvre." "Gifford's art, which was inspired by the work of Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, and by that of J.M.W. Turner, and enriched by his travels in Europe (from 1855 to 1857, and from 1868 to 1869), came to be called "air painting," for he made the ambient light of each scene - color saturated and atmospherically potent - the key to its expression. His approach to painting and his unique style gave rise to a highly distinctive body of work, of enchanting and mesmerizing effect. While Gifford himself compiled a "List of Chief Pictures" late in his career, a significant part of his extant oeuvre consists of small-scale studies, preparatory works in oil, and original drawings, most of which are in annotated sketchbooks and document the progression from on-site record to idealized vision achieved in his major pictures."--Jacket.
Alternative Title
Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford
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Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 8, 2003-February 8, 2004; at the Amon Carter Museum, March 6-May 16, 2004; at the National Gallery of Art, September 26-June 27, 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-261) and index.
Contents
Nature distilled : Gifford's vision of landscape / Franklin Kelly -- Gifford and the Catskills / Kevin J. Avery -- A traveler by instinct / Heidi Applegate -- Tastes in transition : Gifford's patrons / Eleanor Jones Harvey -- Catalogue -- Chronology / Claire A. Conway and Alicia Ruggiero Bochi.
Call Number
JQF 19-1250
ISBN
  • 1588390977
  • 9781588390974
  • 1588390985
  • 9781588390981
  • 0300101848
  • 9780300101843
LCCN
2003016027
OCLC
52687973
Author
Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880.
Title
Hudson River School visions : the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford / edited by Kevin J. Avery and Franklin Kelly ; assisted by Claire A. Conway ; with essays by Heidi Applegate and Eleanor Jones Harvey.
Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2003]
Copyright Date
©2003
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-261) and index.
Local Note
Art & Architecture Collection copy is the gift of Costa Constantine.
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Added Author
Avery, Kevin J., editor, author.
Kelly, Franklin, editor, author.
Applegate, Heidi, author.
Harvey, Eleanor Jones, author.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), host institution.
Other Form:
Online version: Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880. Hudson River School visions. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003 (OCoLC)863051631
Research Call Number
JQF 19-1250
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