Grand Pictures

An exhibition of Hudson River School paintings is now open at the Frost Art Museum in Miami

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Now open at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami is Transitional Nature: Hudson River School Paintings from the David and Lara Grey Collection, a new exhibition that features 29 impressive landscapes from an important period of American art history.

The Newyork-based collectors, who make frequent loans to institutions, have collected artwork with a specific focus on the Hudson River School.“they are incredibly knowledgeable and take it very seriously,” says Amy Galpin, chief curator at the Frost Art Museum. “They do their homework and study everything they collect. Mr. Grey can give quite a museum tour.”

The exhibition, which was

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curated and organized by Katherine Manthorne, an art professor at the City Museum of New York, will feature artwork from many of the Hudson River School greats:albert Bierstadt, Asher B. Durand, David Johnson,t. Worthington Whittredge and many others. Organizers of the museum are excited that these artists are being exposed to Miami museumgoers, who are often shown artwork from around the world in many different styles. “This will definitely be something very different,” Galpin says.

Works in the show include

Durand’s 1849 oil A Summer Afternoon, showing several cows and sheep grazing and drinking from a nearby stream.“i just love the Durand because it’s not a typical scene—it’s not a grand picture,” says Galpin.“it’s more of a quiet moment. It’s not Yosemite oryellowstone or some big Hudson River scene. It speaks to the aweinspiring power of nature, even from this lovely little grove.”

Samuel Colman’s 1867 oil Barges on the Hudson will also be in the exhibition, and Galpin says it addresses an important period after the Civil War.“the American landscape is changing as a result of industry, and you can see that here in his depiction of the Hudson, where workers and trade are very much present,” she says. “A nice little detail is the man pulling a small rowboat in the foreground.

It’s a great visualization going from

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Western Landscape—deer Wading, ca. 1870s. Oil on canvas, 11¼ x 15½ in. Collection of Laura and David Grey.

Samuel Colman (1832-1920), Barges on the Hudson, 1867. Oil on canvas, 15 x 30 in. Collection of Laura and David Grey.

Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), A Summer Afternoon, 1849. Oil on canvas, 41 x 51½ in. Collection of Laura and David Grey.