Free and open to the public, on view through the fall

Museum of Art | 1 West Gallery

Views of New York: Wilderness and Waters, a collection of works depicting the areas around the Hudson and Mohawk River valleys, was created from the Museum’s collections of both recent additions and art purchased in the late 1800s by Munson’s founders. Artists who have become familiar favorites find new company in local and contemporary artists interested in the same subjects. Some works, including selections from William Henry Bartlett’s famous 1840 publication “American Scenery,” are on display for the first time.

Many artists share not only subject matter but also social, cultural, and spiritual connections to the wilderness and waters around them. Museum visitors will see the surprising continuity and dynamic changes to New York landscape art over the past two hundred years. This exhibition complements Munson’s summer exhibition, *American Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society*, opening June 14, which highlights the resplendent vistas of the Hudson River and Catskill, Adirondack, and White mountains and features the artists known as the Hudson River School for their shared exploration of the region’s natural spaces.