Sunday, April 6, 2008
2:00 pm
Taylor Hall, 203
"Vassar and the Met: A Tale of Landscape Painters and their Patron." Kevin J. Avery, Associate Curator in the Department of American Painting and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and an adjunct professor in the Art Department of Hunter College, NY. Dr. Avery received his B.A. in art history from Fordham University and his M. A. and PhD. degrees from Columbia University. He is the author of "Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church," catalogue of an exhibition that toured the United States in 2005-2007. Sponsors include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Art Department, Olana State Historic Site, and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
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