Edited by Linda S. Ferber, with contributions
by Barbara Dayer Gallati, Kenneth T. Jackson,
Sarah B. Snook, and Linda S. Ferber, Brooklyn Museum
in association with D. Giles Ltd, London,
hardcover, 256 pp., illustrated, $55
A reconstruction of the career of Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), the acknowledged dean of American landscape painting from his election as president of the National Academy in 1845 until his death at the age of ninety. The contributors reassess Durand's relationship with his mentor and competitor Thomas Cole, and investigate his critical role in the antebellum art world.
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