• Reading Public Museum
    Open 11a-5p Daily Admission
  • Neag Planetarium
    Show Schedule Admission
  • Arboretum
    Open everyday from sunrise to sunset
Menu

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823 – 1900), Passing Shower on a Spring Afternoon, 1846, oil on canvas, 18 x 27 in., Gift, Marian R. Shomo, 1958.99.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Emil Bott (American [born in Germany], 1827 – 1908), On the Edge of the Harz Mountains, 1850, oil on canvas, 26 x 40 in., Museum Purchase, 1915.144.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

William Trost Richards (American, 1833 – 1905), Landscape Study, 1851, oil on canvas, 12 x 14 in., Bequest, Dr. Levi W. Mengel, Reading Public Museum, 1945.168.1, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835 – 1910), Landscape, 1860, oil on canvas, 28 x 44 in., Gift, Mr. David C. Geiger, Reading Public Museum, 1926.526.1, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826 – 1900) and DeWitt Clinton Boutelle (American, 1820 – 1884), Cotopaxi, 1862, oil on canvas, 34 ½ x 56 in., Museum Purchase, 1929.32.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

John Heyl Raser (American, 1824 – 1901), View of Poplar Neck #2 Neversink Mountain, c. 1870s, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., Gift, Mrs. Richard Wetzel, 1956.33.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826 – 1900), Syria: Ruins by the Sea, 1873 – 1874, oil on canvas, 10 ½ x 16 in., Museum Purchase, 1922.157.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869 – 1965), Foothills of the Blue Ridge, c. 1908, oil on canvas, 36 x 50 in., Museum Purchase, 1928.68.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882 – 1925), The Launching, 1913, oil on panel, 18 x 22 in., Museum Purchase through the Levi W. Mengel Memorial Fund, 1951.63.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Newell Convers Wyeth (American, 1882 – 1945), Buttonwood Farm, 1919 – 1920, oil on canvas, 48 ½ x 42 ½ in., Gift, George D. Horst, 1920.187.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Frederick John Mulhaupt (American, 1871 – 1938), February’s Sun, c. 1925, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in., Gift, Ferdinand Thun, Henry Janssen & Gustav Oberlaender, 1925.153.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

William Hugh Ferguson (American, 1905 – 1985), Trees, 1934, oil on canvas, 26 x 30 in., Permanent Loan, US Government, Public Works of Art Project, 1935.28.1, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting installed at the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.

DATE


Please contact us for current availability

TIME

In Nature's Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting

This rich exhibition features the bounty and beauty of the American landscape from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. Drawn from the permanent collection of the Reading Public Museum, the selections explore the Hudson River School and the emergence of the first uniquely American artistic movement; Impressionism and Tonalism at the turn of the century; and Modern trends in interpreting the landscape. Majestic and inspirational depictions of bucolic American vistas—intimate forest interiors, sweeping panoramic views of natural wonders, and dramatic images of the untamed land and sea—join dramatic scenes of Europe, the Near East, and South America by artists from the United States.

Sixty-five paintings will be featured in the exhibition including works by nineteenth-century landscape artists, such as Thomas Birch, Frederic Church, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Worthington Whittredge, William Trost Richards, Aaron Draper Shattuck, William Louis Sonntag, Paul Weber, Edmund Darch Lewis, and Hermann Herzog. The exhibition will also examine works that represent the shift to Impressionism and Tonalism at the turn of the century by painters, including George Inness, Ralph Albert Blakelock, John Francis Murphy, Elliot Daingerfield, N. C. Wyeth, Childe Hassam, William Langson Lathrop, Edward Willis Redfield, Frederick John Mulhaupt, and Robert Spencer. Modernist landscapes by George Bellows, Arthur Bowen Davies, Benton Spruance, John Fulton Folinsbee, and Andrew Wyeth, among others, chart the path to abstract and expressionistic compositions in the twentieth century.

Contents: 65 paintings

Size: 4,500 – 5,000 sq. ft. (approx. 325 linear feet)

Exhibition fee includes: approximate 12 week loan period, digital versions of labels and text panels, and a marketing packet including several high-resolution images, captions, and a sample press release


Exhibition Tour:

Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL

 

Exhibition Checklist

Prices and Availability

For more information on traveling exhibits please contact Ashley Houston at 
610.371.5850 x232 or Ashley.houston@readingpublicmuseum.org.

DATE


Please contact us for current availability

TIME

RPM HAPPENINGS

Exhibits, events, & extras

Notify Me!

Exceptional experiences at The Museum