Still Remembering those Ladies
![Julie Hart Beers (1835-1913)
Autumn Picnic in the Hudson Valley
Oil on canvas
11 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
Signed lower left Julie Hart Beers Autumn Picnic in the Hudson Valley unframed](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/c49a98251f1f48efa5897f2f98b71190/2/GCuCv726gZycFxatRCb7iU/Beers%2C%20Julia%20Hart_Autumn%20Picnic.jpg)
(New York, NY) Hawthorne Fine Art is pleased to present Still Remembering those Ladies. The exhibition follows the groundbreaking show Remember the Ladies: Women of the Hudson River School held at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in 2010. Co-curated by Nancy Siegel, Ph.D. and Hawthorne Fine Art’s Jennifer Krieger, the former exhibition led to the discovery of new works and new talents with the hope of adding them all to the American art canon. In the years since, Hawthorne Fine Art has continued to shine a light on American women artists through regular exhibitions and scholarly research. The present exhibition features over 25 landscape paintings by a group of exceptional 19th century lady artists incredibly worthy of remembrance. As we celebrate Women’s History Month we hope you join us in Still Remembering those Ladies!
Among the work to be shown is Autumn Picnic in the Hudson Valley by Julie Hart Beers (1835-1913). The sister of Hudson River School painters William and James McDougal Hart, Beers’s work glows with the colors of autumn. Figures enjoying an afternoon picnic can be seen reclining beneath the shade of a tree or warming themselves in the sun upon a sloping hillside. A church steeple and the rooftops of a nearby village can be seen in the distance beyond a vast green field.
The Hudson River Valley is highlighted in other luminous works including Sunset on the Hudson River, 1870 by Mary Kollock (1840-1911) and In the Catskills, Looking Towards Hunter Mountain by Virginia Chandler Titcomb (1838-1912).
A large scale-work, Mountain Lake in Autumn, 1873 by New York native Susie M. Barstow (1836-1923) depicts the morning mist as it rises above a mountain lake whose tranquil water mirrors snowcapped mountains. In the foreground, Barstow captured in exquisite detail the overgrowth of autumnal flora amidst the rocks on the shoreline. In the middle ground, a tiny plume of smoke hovers above a campfire while birds in flight skim the surface of the lake near the opposite shore.
A View of the Androscoggin River Valley, White Mountains, New Hampshire by Ann Sophia Towne Darrah (1819-1881) is another large-scale work. The artist, who went by Sophia, signs her work “S.T. Darrah” in order to conceal her gender and avoid discrimination. Darrah’s broadly painted landscape captures the late afternoon light. Minutely painted cattle graze in a field at the lower left adding a sense of scale to the mountain scene.
More intimately scaled works include the seasonal pairing Summer, 1878 and Autumn, 1878 by Annie Cornelia Shaw (1852-1887). Painted en plein air, Shaw captures the landscape using rich earthy hues. By the Riverbank, 1888 by Mary N. Black (19th Century) depicts a lone fisherman in a rowboat beside a wooden foot bridge. The charming river scene is painted in oil on a porcelain plate, one of the few art forms considered acceptable for women during the 19th century.
Laura Woodward’s (1834-1926) Camel’s Hump, Vermont, 1877 captures the topography of Vermont’s Green Mountains beyond farmland bordered by lush green trees. Walking by the Old Mill by Mary Josephine Walters (1837-1883) is of the few early extant pre-Raphaelite watercolors by a female artist. Walters was a favorite female student of Asher B. Durand (1796-1886).
Also included are works by artists Maria J. C. a'Becket (1839-1904), Helen Mary Knowlton (1832-1918), Rebekah T. Furness (1854-1937), Charlotte Buell Coman (1833-1924), Alice Archer Sewall James (1870-1955), Kate W. Newhall (1840-1917), Mattie C. Voorhees (19th Century) and Mary Lord Stevens (1833-1920).
Hawthorne Fine Art is a gallery specializing in 19th and early 20th century American paintings. The online exhibition can be viewed on the gallery’s website. For more information about Still Remembering those Ladies and Hawthorne Fine Art please call (212) 731-0550 or visit www.hawthornefineart.com.
![Marie a'Becket (1839–1904)
Figure on a Forest Path
Oil on canvas
20 x 12 inches
Signed lower left Maria a'Becket Figure on a Forest Path](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/b688b4836ac14288a7fb57d705e2c84b/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/A%2527Becket%2C%20Maria_Figure%20on%20a%20Forest%20Path.jpg)
![Susie M. Barstow (1836-1923) White Mountains Oil on canvas 13 1/4 X 11 ¼ inches Signed lower left Susie M. Barstow White Mountains](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/d352936812e8444eb8dd2fe24349752d/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/10-BarstowSusie_WhiteMountains.jpg)
![Susie M. Barstow (1836-1923)
Mountain Lake in Autumn
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
Signed and dated 1873, lower left Susie M. Barstow Mountain Lake in Autumn](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/ed4be68059fc49ef84b74badbba4361c/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Barstow%20-%20Autumn%20Mountain%20Lake%20-%20framed.jpg)
![Julie Hart Beers (1835-1913) Autumn Picnic in the Hudson ValleyOil on canvas 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches Signed lower left Julie Hart Beers Autumn Picnic in the Hudson Valley](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/ea1a2f265df24f13958583fdacfc32d1/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/BeersJulieHart_AutumnPicnicHudson.jpg)
![Julie Hart Beers (1835–1913)
Summer Woodlands
Oil on paper mounted to board
11 3/4 x 7 ¾ inches
Signed lower right Julie Hart Beers Summer Woodlands](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/b2ae26db14c74bbcb62e9c1fd7cebe8e/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Beers%2C%20Julie%20Hart_Summer%20Woodlands-framed.jpg)
![Charlotte Buell Coman (1833-1924) In the Valley Oil on canvas14 x 10 ¼ inches Signed lower left Charlotte Buell Coman In the Valley](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/b8c7d625a9254aada4fdd4c59ca39c31/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Charlotte%20Buell%20Coman.jpg)
![Ann Sophia Towne Darrah (1819-1881)
A View of the Androscoggin River Valley, White Mountains, New Hampshire
Oil on board
23 ½ x 37 inches
Signed lower left, titled verso Ann Sophia Towne Darrah A View of the Androscoggin River Valley, White Mountains, New Hampshire](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/e585fcd580c04c328d0e1a960ed2b125/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Darrah%2C%20Ann%20Sophie%20Towne_A%20View%20of%20the%20Androscoggin%20River%20Valley.jpg)
![Rebekah T. Furness (1854-1937)
At Pasture
Oil on canvas
15 x 25 inches
Signed lower left
Rebekah T. Furness At Pasture](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/e375a69f5c904269b12be38906e12a16/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Furness%2C%20Rebekah%20T._At%20Pasture.jpg)
![HELEN MARY KNOWLTON (1832-1918)
Forest Path
Oil on canvas
28 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Signed lower right Helen Mary Knowlton Forest Path Framed](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/ef1d1dd239ce48c9b5a0a62e1e957bc5/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/rsz_knowlton_helen_mary_in_the_forest-email.jpg)
![Mary Kollock (1840-1911)Sunset on the Hudson River, 1870Oil on canvas10 x 18 inchesSigned and dated 1870, lower right Mary Kollock Sunset on the Hudson River, 1870](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/a728d47ff73f4a8cb4d0a5767fa11e03/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Kollock%2C%20Mary_Sunset%20on%20the%20Hudson%20River%2C%201870.jpg)
![Kate W. Newhall (1840-1917) In the Sierras Oil on panel 7 x 11 inches Signed lower left Kate W. Newhall In the Sierras](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/b76c7928db154b9fa74d862bf90f146e/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/NewhallKate_Sierras.jpg)
![Annie Cornelia Shaw (1852 - 1887)
Autumn, 1878
Oil on panel
9 x 5 ¾ inches
Each signed and dated 1878, lower left Annie Cornelia Shaw Autumn Framed](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/a0af302d82b84d2eb35a6d0a7d284b01/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Shaw%2C%20Annie%20C._Autumn%2C%201878.jpg)
![Annie Cornelia Shaw (1852 - 1887)
Summer, 1878
Oil on panel
9 x 5 ¾ inches
Each signed and dated 1878, lower left Annie Cornelia Shaw Summer Framed](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/dd85ea1b8e944cdc8733fe6428d074ad/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Shaw%2C%20Annie_Summer%2C%201878.jpg)
![IDA H. STEBBINS (b. 1851) View of South Pond, New York, 1879 Oil on canvas 23 x 33 ½ inches Signed and dated, lower left IDA H. STEBBINS View of South Pond, New York](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/b31574fa70df47e79462b18edb45fd82/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/7-StebbinsIda_SouthPond.jpg)
![Mary Lord Stevens (1833–1920) Wildflowers along a Country Road Oil on paper mounted to board 10 x 14 inches Signed and dated 1903, lower right Mary Lord Stevens Wildflowers along a Country Road](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/c2c481f2055e4f77acdc67883fa29964/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/19-StevensMaryLord_WildflowersMeadow.jpg)
![Mary Lord Stevens (1833–1920) Path through the Forest Oil on paper mounted to board 10 x 14 inches Signed and dated 1903, lower right Mary Lord Stevens Path Through the Forest](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/a6aed9f8de134e118784264da6b0b47a/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/StevensMaryLord_PathForest.jpg)
![Mary Lord Stevens (1833-1920)
Dusk at Sea
Oil on paper mounted to board
10 x 14 inches
Signed and dated 1903, lower right Mary Lord Stevens Dusk at Sea framed](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/de150279dcfc4dbd9605d34d2b0d4115/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Stevens%2C%20Mary%20Lord_Dusk%20at%20Sea_framed.jpg)
![Virginia Chandler Titcomb (1838-1912)In the Catskills, Looking Towards Hunter MountainOil on canvas9 x 14 inchesInscribed with title and initials on stretcher, verso Virginia Chandler Titcomb In the Catskills, Looking Towards Hunter Mountain](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/f2f871a2b7fb4d61ad34258e9bab3ae7/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Titcomb%2C%20Virginia_Hunter%20Mountain.jpg)
![Mattie C. Voorhees
Coastal Landscape, 1879
Oil on Panel
5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches
Signed and dated 1879, lower right
Mattie C. Voorhees Coastal Landscape, 1879](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/cf6a6d5b5dd94dada09152f735cf9ef2/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Voorhees%2C%20Mattie_Coastal%20Scene%20with%20Distant%20Lighthouse.jpg)
![Mary Josephine Walters (1837-1883) Walking by the Old Mill Watercolor on paper 7 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches Signed lower right Mary Josephine Walters Walking by the Old Mill](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/d8b22f682ced425dad8960f80fdf9864/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/WaltersMaryJosephine_WalkingOldMill.jpg)
![MARY JOSEPHINE WALTERS (1837-1883) Autumn River with Punt in the Reeds Oil on canvas13 ¼ x 23 ¾ inches Inscribed in pencil on the stretcher Mary Josephine Walters Autumn River with Punt in the Reeds](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/ca8fd94e561245c797cc50da396303d4/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/WaltersMaryJosephine_AutumnRiverPunt.jpg)
![Laura Woodward (1834-1926) Camel's Hump, Vermont, 1877 14 x 24 inches 14 x 24 inches Signed and dated lower left Laura Woodward Camel's Hump, Vermont, 1877](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/bca42f3da7894e19a4de5ab95038105d/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Laura%20Woodward%20Camel%2527s%20Hump%2C%20Vermont%2C%201877%20.jpg)
![Laura Woodward (1834-1926)
Rowers in a Fall Landscape
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Signed lower left Laura Woodward Rowers in a Fall Landscape](https://static.livebooks.com/a8b805842d124ed6bae8629e30926996/i/e6cd5096435d4fe0954dfa79551ea6b0/2/4SoifmQp7LJ6yDtMkMcLt/Woodward%2C%20Laura_%20Rowers%20in%20a%20Fall%20Landscape.jpg)