THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Title
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THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Identifier
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AAI8708282
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identifier
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8708282
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Creator
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FOLK, THOMAS CHARLES.
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Contributor
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William H. Gerdts
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Date
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1987
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Fine Arts
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Abstract
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The Pennsylvania School of Landscape Painting: An Original American Impressionism is a catalogue I prepared for an exhibition at the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Museum in 1984. It was the first study to treat the subject of the Pennsylvania School in recent time. I have since expanded my study of these artists, and this dissertation represents a more in-depth and detailed study of the Pennsylvania School.;Two Pennsylvania Impressionist painters, William Lathrop and Edward Redfield, co-founded the New Hope (Pennsylvania) Art Colony in 1898. New Hope and the surrounding area of Bucks County served as the center of creative activity for generations of Pennsylvania Impressionists.;The first chapter is devoted to the history of the New Hope Art Colony and traces its development to the present day. The "New Hope Group" was an exhibition-oriented organization founded in 1916. The major figures in this study have been given individual chapters. Each made a significant contribution to the development of the Pennsylvania School. Lathrop was a seminal father-figure. Redfield, Schofield and Rosen created broadly painted snow scenes which became most associated with the Pennsylvania School. Garber was a more sensitive painter who was often concerned with decorative effects. Spencer was unique in this school in that he often painted the poor and their environment.;Other artists associated with this school of painting are treated in the eighth chapter. There are also many artists who were part of a late development, who worked in the New Hope area after the popularity of the Pennsylvania School had begun to decline.;The final chapter treats the Pennsylvania School in relation to the mainstream of American Art. The roots of the Pennsylvania School can be traced to the Pennsylvania Academy, and to Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz. The influence of the Pennsylvania Impressionists on later, and even contemporary American landscape painting is analyzed. The significance of the Pennsylvania Impressionists lies not so much in their Impressionism as in their realism. For they are an important link joining the tradition of American landscape painting in the nineteenth century to the realist landscapes of the twentieth century. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Art History
