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Straw Flowers
A slanted table has a vase filled with dried flowers ranging from colors of orange, yellow, purple and one single white flower. Behind the vase is a heavier fabric draping around all the objects on the table. The objects include a goblet swaddled in…
Gerrit Hondius, 1956
Hondius (1891-1970), a New Deal Gallery artist, was born in Holland and fled Europe in 1915 amidst the Great War. He studied at Royal Academy in The Hague and the Laren Art Colony, then in New York at the Art Students League. He was known for his…
Tags: Gerrit Hondius; New Deal Gallery; Painter
Underground Railroad--Routes of Fugitive Slaves to Canada
Adaptation of Wilbur Siebert's 1898 map focuses solely on New York state network, perhaps with a misleading sense of precision as to clarity of "routes"
City Landscape
“City Landscape” uses a beautiful palette of earth tones set against concrete infrastructure, especially an overpass that curves across the sky. Beneath that new automotive world, a jumbled cluster of buildings appears at left. It's difficult to tell…
Breakneck Ridge Tunnel
Breakneck Ridge is located in the Hudson Highlands, directly across the river from Storm King Mountain. Its distinctive stony face was picturesque, albeit quarried for granite by the 19th century. It posed a major obstacle in plans to build a…
The Hunter
16 images at GSA.
Old Glass Factory
Old Glass Factory depicts a rural landscape featuring a small unconventional factory settled within a deep valley. In the foreground, a dirt path curves from the lower left corner of the piece, drawing the viewer's eye into the midground and focus of…
Samuel Warren (1797-1862)
Portrait of Samuel Warren (1797-1862), pioneer grape grower and winemaker of York, Livingston County, New York.