Jervis McEntee was a landscape painter, born in 1828 in the Hudson River Valley in Rondout, New York. It was said that 'Nostalgia may well have been McEntee's middle name", and that he, always... Read full biography
Jervis McEntee was a landscape painter, born in 1828 in the Hudson River Valley in Rondout, New York. It was said that 'Nostalgia may well have been McEntee's middle name", and that he, always attempting to stir emotions in his viewers, often attached poetry to his paintings when exhibiting them.... Read full biography
Jervis McEntee was a landscape painter, born in 1828 in the Hudson River Valley in Rondout, New York. It was said that 'Nostalgia may well have been McEntee's middle name", and that he, always attempting to stir emotions in his viewers, often attached poetry to his paintings when exhibiting them. At a time when the Civil War and its after effects caused great disruption in America, McEntee's work may have provided a visual escape for the more educated. His works are rich with the colors of... Read full biography
Jervis McEntee was a landscape painter, born in 1828 in the Hudson River Valley in Rondout, New York. It was said that 'Nostalgia may well have been McEntee's middle name", and that he, always attempting to stir emotions in his viewers, often attached poetry to his paintings when exhibiting them. At a time when the Civil War and its after effects caused great disruption in America, McEntee's work may have provided a visual escape for the more educated. His works are rich with the colors of autumn and winter, and he, who often painted in the Catskill Mountains, preferred smaller views rather than panoramas. Usually detailed and simple, his works often reflect a sense of loneliness. As a youngster, McEntee would play in his parents attic,... Read full biography
Jervis McEntee was a landscape painter, born in 1828 in the Hudson River Valley in Rondout, New York. It was said that 'Nostalgia may well have been McEntee's middle name", and that he, always attempting to stir emotions in his viewers, often attached poetry to his paintings when exhibiting them. At a time when the Civil War and its after effects caused great disruption in America, McEntee's work may have provided a visual escape for the more educated. His works are rich with the colors of autumn and winter, and he, who often painted in the Catskill Mountains, preferred smaller views rather than panoramas. Usually detailed and simple, his works often reflect a sense of loneliness. As a youngster, McEntee would play in his parents attic, pretending it was an art studio. An unsuccessful attempt at business led McEntee back into the art profession... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (69)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Kelly, Franklin
168 pages (color)
Recounting the Old West II: Important Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper
2003
Tierney, Curtis (editor)
71 pages (color)
Boston Art Club: 1855-1950
2000
Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn
88 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Painted Sketch: American Impressions from Nature
1998
Harvey, Eleanor Jones
299 pages (color)
All That Is Glorious Around Us Hudson River School/A Loan Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Driscoll, John Paul
144 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Picturing History: American Painting, 1770-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Ayers, William S
256 pages (color)
Italian Presence in American Art 1860-1920
1992
Jaffe, Irma B
265 pages (color)
The Lure of Italy American Artists and the Italian Experience (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Stebbins, Theodore E
470 pages (color)
The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991
Sullivan, Mark W
225 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Blaugrund, Annette
304 pages (color)
John Twachtman Connecticut Landscapes (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Chotner, Deborah (others)
118 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
The Hudson River School The Landscape Art (of 25 artists)
1989
Minks, Louise
112 pages (color)
Sounding the Depths 150 Years of American Seascape
1989
Nelson, Harold B
111 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
American Paradise World of the Hudson River School (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Howat, John K
346 pages (color)
The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck
54 pages (color)
In Nature's Ways American Landscape/Late Nineteenth Century (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Weber, Bruce/William H Gerdts
120 pages (color)
Poetic Landscape Art and Experience, Sanford Gifford
1987
Weiss, Ila
370 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
American Masterworks on Paper: Drawings, Watercolors and Prints (Hirschl & Adler Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Dreishpoon, Douglas (essay)
63 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Painting V 2, Catalog, Metropolitan Mus Artists born 1816-45
1985
Spasky, Natalie
671 pages
Kennedy Galleries Profiles of American Artists
1984
Deak, Gloria-Gilda
288 pages
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982
Soria, Regina
332 pages
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
Art of America Selected Painting and Sculpture, 1770-1981
1981
Kennedy Galleries
64 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
An American Perspective: Nineteenth Century Art From the Collection of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wilmerding, John; Linda Ayres, Earl Powell
180 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art
1978
Fink, Lois Marie
62 pages (color)
American Genre Painting in the Victorian Era (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Richards, Jane L
66 pages (color)
American Art at the Century
1977
Mayor, A. Hyatt; Mark Davis
0 pages
American Painting from the Museum's Collection c1800-1930
1977
Rhode Island School of Design
241 pages
American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection At the Mead Art Gallery Amherst College (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Shepard, Lewis A; David Paley, Frank Trapp
252 pages (color)
American Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (A Catalogue to 1923)
1976
Flower, Dean/Francis Murphy
119 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Fink, Lois M/Joshua Taylor
272 pages
Revealed Masters 19th Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Gerdts, William H
152 pages (color)
19th Century American Topographic Painters Lowe Art Museum Exhibition, November 21, 1974-January 5, 1975 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Wilmerding, John (Introductory Essay)
95 pages (color)
The Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973
Davidson, Marshall
416 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Faces and Places Changing Images of 19th Century America (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
72 pages (color)
The American Scene A Survey of the Life and Landscape of the 19th Century (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
74 pages (color)
The Connecticut Artists Collection
1968
Mattatuck Historical Society
84 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932
Hartmann, Sadekichi
363 pages
A Critical Introduction to American Painting
1931
Barker, Virgil
52 pages
The History and Ideals of American Art
1931
Neuhaus, Eugen
444 pages
The History of American Painting (supplemental chapters by Royal Cortissoz)