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var str = 'In 1853 after extensive study, the New York City Common Council approved a site surrounding the Croton Reservoir for a Manhattan park. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and designer Calvert Vaux were winners of a design competition, and in 1857 work began upon the original 778-acre site (it would grow to 843 acres).
This rare map was disseminated only through park\'s Board of Commissioners annual report, and to key players in the construction process--in this case, board member Andrew Haswell Green. It shows that almost all early work was concentrated upon the park\'s southern portion, and the extent to which its \"natural\" appearance was constructed. Significant rock outcroppings that remained from the Lawrentide Ice Sheet are marked by Olmsted--a fundamental driver of his design. Central Park was officially completed in 1876.';
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Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822 - 1903
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var str = 'Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, and completed in 1862, this 87-foot span was the second cast-iron bridge constructed in the US. Its likeness to the bow of a violinist or archer gave the structure its name. Stereoview taken probably not long after its construction shows recent tree plantings.';
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Chase, W[illiam] M[oody], 1817-1901
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bow Bridge." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-ee44-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-ee44-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99</a>
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Photograph of iconic cast iron bridge in New York's Central Park was one of six created for an historical survey in 1984. The description reads: "Designed by Calvert Vaux, the Bow Bridge is one of the most prominently located and visible cast iron bridges in Central Park. It is 87 feet, four inches long. This and other cast iron bridges in Central Park are among the very first built of that material in America. The J.B. and W.W. Cornell Foundry was the contractor. Restored in 1974 with funds provided by Lila A. Wallace and Lucy G. Moses, this graceful arch has been described by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger as seeming 'to pour over the water.'" It is included in OpenValley because this view looking east is very similar to New Deal Gallery artist Inez Abernathy's <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Lake, Central Park"</a> with the Hotel Carlyle visible in the distance. This item consists of a slightly cropped version and the original proportions.
Lowe, Jet (photographer)
Chamberlain, Holly K. (historian)
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Depicted is the landmark Bethesda Fountain located in New York City's Central Park. The fountain is adorned by a bronze statue with small figures that appear to support the winged figure. Bethesda is a biblical reference to a pool that is believed to have had healing powers, so its use for a fountain's name has great significance. The warm colors and large brush strokes give this painting a sense of importance that is associated with being in Central Park--a location not far from Zucker's home in New York.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist</span>: Born in Radom, Poland, at age thirteen Zucker ran away from home, traveling by himself to study at the Bezalel Art School in Palestine. After serving with the Royal Fusilliers of England during World War I, he spent time in the Paris art scene before immigrating to the US in 1922. Here he first worked as a maker of fine jewelry; eventually, he was successful as a painter with studios in New York and Paris. Zucker counted as influences the French Romantics Pierre-Auguste Renoir and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Watteau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Antoine Watteau</a>, along with contemporaries <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Utrillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maurice Utrillo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Soutine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chaim Soutine</a>. He observed that, in Europe, artists know that a landscape has been painted many times, but in America “I feel liberated, unburdened by the weight of artistic precedent” (Salpeter). Zucker’s work was shown at places like the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum, and the Cheshire Gallery, as well as the Bonaparte and Paquereau Galleries in Paris. 5 more images at the <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-24-folder-49" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>; 1 statue at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-24-folder-48" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>.<br />
<p><br /><u>Sources Consulted</u>: Harry Salpeter, <a href="http://archive.esquire.com/article/1938/10/1/jacques-zucker-modern-romantic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Jacques Zucker: Modern Romantic,”</a> <em>Esquire</em> Oct. 1938: 59+. Dan Wolman, director, <em><a href="https://youtu.be/BceCvihjQ28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jacques Zucker: Modern Romantic</a></em> (film short).</p>
Zucker, Jacques, 1900-1981
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Three women and one man are seen riding horses along a muddy trail; a younger rider with two braided pigtails leading them. A faded building is seen in the background--and we remind ourselves that this is New York City. There seem to be three distinct parts of this painting: the upper includes the building and the top parts of the trees; the middle includes the horses and the people. The bottom part of the painting is separated distinctly where the grass meets the trail, including the horses' feet and the muddy trail. <br /><br />About the Artist: We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. As his NDG painting suggests, Dowling appears to have specialized in sporting art. He created an historical painting, “Saratoga, 1917” that showed Racing Association members living and deceased (<em>New York</em> <em>Herald </em>6 Aug. 1918: 3). Nine years later Dowling was asked to add 13 additional figures on the strength of his reputation in England and the US, which had included a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. He also ran a series of portraits in <em>Town and Country</em> depicting the opera singer Enrico Caruso, lawyer Paul D. Cravath, financier Otto H. Kahn, and broker Henry Rogers Winthrop (<em>The Saratogian </em>15 Aug. 1927: 5).
Dowling, William, 1907-1980
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