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- Title
"His Nooks and Hiding Places": Asher B. Durand's Retreats in the Hudson Highlands.
- Authors
Maddox, Kenneth W.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand, focusing on the locations Durand used to create his landscape paintings of the Hudson Highlands. Other topics include Durand's efforts to purchase a home in the Highlands, the impact of the building of a railroad in the Highlands on Durand's choice of residence, and how Durand depicted the progress of civilization in the Highlands in his artwork.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); DURAND, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886; 19TH century landscape painting; HOME sales; RAILROADS; CIVILIZATION in art; HUDSON River school of landscape painting (19th century); HUDSON Highlands (N.Y.); NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Hudson River Valley Review, 2014, Vol 31, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
1546-3486
- Publication type
Essay