Wednesdays: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Oct. 9 – Nov. 13
Location: Baker Free Library, Bow, NH
Instructor: Inez McDermott | Facilitator: Don Melander

F – 19th Century American Landscape Painting

The Contemplation of Eternal Things: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Painting

In this course, we will explore the origins and history of 19th century landscape painting in America and determine what is “American” about these works. In doing so, we will discuss these works in relation to the cultural, literary, social, political, and economic events that influenced them and that they, in turn, influenced. Although we will focus primarily on the artists of the Hudson River Valley and the White Mountains, with a short detour to explore early landscape photography, the majestic landscapes of the West and their impact will also be discussed.

Inez McDermott is Professor Emerita of art history at New England College. She is a curator of art and history exhibitions at various museums and galleries throughout New England, including, most recently, An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University (June-September 2023) and, in 2016, she was co-curator of Mount Washington, The Crown of New England at the Currier Museum of Art.