An American Impression at the Hudson River Museum

YONKERS, N.Y. - "American Impressions: An Arcadian Vision, Paintings from the Akron Art Museum" brings beautiful art and an aura of serene times to the Hudson River Museum from June 4 through September 5. The exhibition's 35 paintings include works by George Inness, Ralph Blakelock and Thomas Wilmer Dewing, as well as William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Frederick Frieseke, William Morris Hunt, Willard Metcalf, Elihu Vedder and Julian Weir.

The exhibition's paintings, all from the end of the Nineteenth Century, show tranquil landscapes, ethereal portraits and delicate still lifes. Retreating from the realities of the early modern era - with its burgeoning industry and crowded cities - these artists envisioned instead an American Eden.

The Hudson River Museum is the only New York museum to show this collection from the Akron Art Museum, originally donated by Edwin C. Shaw, a turn-of-the-century Akron industrialist who amassed more than 200 works. Shaw, like other industrialist executives, embraced cutting-edge technology and urban living, but also sought to uphold America's cultural history through collections of paintings that are lyrical expressions of beauty and refinement.

The exhibition is organized by The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C.

The Hudson River Museum is at 511 Warburton Avenue. For information, 914-963-4550.