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The Coming and the Ellen, By James Edward Buttersworth (English-American, 1817-1894), Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches, Courtesy of the Higdon Collection.

From Sea to Shining Sea: Inventing a National Narrative with Linda Ferber

January 18, 2017 @ 6:00 PM

Gibbes Museum of Art

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The United States has been called "Nature's Nation" because images of American scenery have played an important role in the development of national identity.

A renowned scholar of nineteenth-century American painting, Dr. Linda Ferber currently serves as the Senior Art Historian and Museum Director Emerita of the New-York Historical Society. Ferber will reflect upon the still-prevailing assumption that American scenery embodies American cultural and political ideals.

A book signing of the catalog for the Painting a Nation: Hudson River School Landscapes from the Higdon Collection exhibition will follow the lecture.

$20 Members | $30 Non-Members