Sunday Scholars: The Recursive Landscape—Cole and Beyond

William L. Coleman, Ph.D., Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Olana State Historic Site, speaks on the broader phenomenon of artists who have shown sustained devotion to a specific landscape subject over many different canvases. This talk places Cole’s repeated responses to the scenery of Catskill Creek in the context of a long tradition of landscape painters, and shows the particular importance artists’ houses have played in this practice.