A grant to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will fund “From the Schuylkill to the Hudson,” an exhibition that will tell the untold story of Philadelphia’s role in the development of landscape painting in the United States. Works will be drawn primarily from PAFA’s extensive permanent collection. On view beginning this summer!
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to present From the Schuylkill to the Hudson: Landscapes of the Early American Republic on view June 28–December 29, 2019 in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building.
Philadelphia's key role in the growth of American landscape painting has never been the subject of a major museum exhibition. From the Schuylkill to the Hudson will delve into the important and underexplored tradition of landscape painting in Philadelphia from the Early American Republic to the Centennial Exhibition and how that tradition shaped the better-known Hudson River School in New York State. PAFA's exhibition, along with the accompanying catalog, will illuminate the growth of the landscape genre from its roots, through its rise into the public consciousness, and as a leading area of art historical interest.
"I am thrilled to be able to take a deep dive into PAFA's treasure trove of landscape paintings dating from the United States' founding in 1776 to its Centennial in 1876," said Dr. Anna O. Marley, Curator of Historical American Art at PAFA. "As a scholar of early American landscape in paintings as well as in the decorative arts, I am excited to share the untold story of Philadelphia's role in the development of landscape representation in the United States. I hope this exhibition will appeal to audiences fascinated with the history of Philadelphia and its waterways, environmental and civic histories, and lovers of romantic American landscape painting."
