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American Art

American landscapes, monuments, historical painting, presidential portraiture and Revolutionary-era art, studied and then made.

  • Hudson River School
  • Historical painting
  • Portraiture
  • Monuments
  • Illustration
  • Studio practice

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Landscape, monument, portrait

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  • Semester course

    American Art

    The American Landscape Studio

    Graphite, watercolor, and the Hudson River School

    A real studio class. Students draw and paint the American landscape every single meeting, with Cole, Church and Bierstadt as teachers rather than slides.

    Ages
    Ages 10–16
    Meetings
    6 live meetings
    Days
    Fridays
    Time
    1:00 pm ET · 60 min1 other time
    Claire FinchMrs. Claire Finch

    New this term

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    $10/wk

    $60 in total

    $24 for add’l siblings

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    American Art

    Portraits of a Republic

    Historical painting & presidential portraiture

    Three long Saturday sessions on how a nation paints itself (Trumbull, Stuart, Peale) and then students draw a portrait of their own.

    Ages
    Ages 11–17
    Meetings
    3 live meetings
    Days
    Wednesdays
    Time
    4:00 pm ET · 60 min1 other time
    Claire FinchMrs. Claire Finch

    New this term

    Reviews appear once families have taken it.

    $8/wk

    $24 in total

    $9.60 for add’l siblings

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  • Claire Finch

    Mrs. Claire Finch

    Art, Western Civilization & Studio Practice

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