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A Sight to BeholdThe Corcoran Legacy Collection of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century American Landscape Paintings

September 7 – December 8, 2024

Carolyn Kinder Carr, Curator

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William Louis Sonntag, Classic Italian Landscape with Temple of Venus. Trees, ruins, houses, with river in background.

William Louis Sonntag, Classic Italian Landscape with Temple of Venus, c. 1860. Oil on canvas, canvas size: 36 × 60 × 1 1/2 inches. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Charles A. Munn and Victor G. Fischer in memory of Orson D. Munn).

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November 9, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Explore one hundred years of history and the stylistic range of American landscape painting with A Sight to Behold. Showcasing work from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Museum’s Corcoran Legacy Collection, this exhibition examines the long-held tradition of capturing the emotional impact of nature.

A variety of both recognizable and lesser-known artists are included in the show, among them Thomas Doughty, William Morris Hunt, Ralph Albert Blakelock, and Maurice Prendergast.

Visitors will be exposed to artistic traditions and the evolving modern American psyche during these pivotal one hundred years, exploring themes of Romanticism, westward expansion, and urgency toward natural conservation.

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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, St. Malo. Sea and sky

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, St. Malo, c. 1909-1910. Oil on board, unframed: 10 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast in memory of Charles and Maurice Prendergast).
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Edward Willis Redfield, Road to Lumberville. A snowy winter landscape of a tree-lined path; building in the background.

Edward Willis Redfield, Road to Lumberville, 1930/1935. Oil on canvas, unframed: 21 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Bequest of James Parmelee).