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Meant as a successor to the bibliography of the Hudson River School found in Volume two of Bernard Karpel's Arts in America: a bibliography (Archives of American Art, 1979). The purpose of this book is twofold: to fill some of the gaps that Karpel was forced, by considerations of time and space, to leave unfilled; and to record the great activity in Hudson River School studies that has taken place in the decade since the publication of Arts in America. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Book Description
An update of Bernard Karpel's Arts in America.

About the Author
Mark Sullivan (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) is Assistant Professor of art history at Villanova University. He has taught at Rutgers University and at Rosemont College. Since writing his dissertation on the Hudson River School painter John F. Kensett, he has published several books and articles on landscape painting. Among them are "James M. and William Hart, American Landscape Painters" (John Warren, 1983) and "John F. Kensett: The Making of a Luminist Painter " (The Magazine Antiques, 11/90).

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This book is meant as a successor to the bibliography of the Hudson River School in Bernard Karpel's" Arts in America: A Bibliography, Vol. Two" (Archives of American Art, 1979). Its purpose is twofold: to fill some of the gaps that Karpel was forced to leave unfilled; and to record the great activity in Hudson River School studies that has taken place in the decade since the publication of "Arts in America". Sullivan includes Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, Thomas Cole, Jasper F. Cropsey, Thomas Doughty, Asher B. Durand, Sanford R. Gifford, Martin J. Heade, George Inness, John F. Kensett, Fitz Hugh Lane, Homer D. Martin, Thomas Moran, Worthington Whittredge, Alexander H. Wyant, and others.

Author Biography: Mark Sullivan (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) is Assistant Professor of art history at Villanova University. He has taught at Rutgers University and at Rosemont College. Since writing his dissertation on the Hudson River School painter John F. Kensett, he has published several books and articles on landscape painting. Among them are "James M. and William Hart, American Landscape Painters" (John Warren, 1983) and "John F. Kensett: The Making of a Luminist Painter " (The Magazine Antiques, 11/90).

FROM THE CRITICS

New York History

...The work will be extremely useful to the initiated and an indispensable starting point for newer students of the school..

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