Works on View
Cooperstown in Winter
Joseph Antonio Hekking, Oil on Canvas, 1870
On loan from the Fenimore Art Museum
Named after the village’s founder, Judge William Cooper (the father of James Fenimore Cooper), Cooperstown is today home to the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Fenimore Art Museum.
About the Artist: Joseph Antonio Hekking (1830–1903) was born in the Netherlands and moved to the United States. He spent most of his career in New York and Connecticut and his art has been exhibited around the world.
Erie Canal at Little Falls
William Rickarby Miller, Oil on Canvas, 1884
On loan from the New York Historical Society. Gift of George A. Zabriskie.
Little Falls is a town on the Mohawk River where the course of the Erie Canal was obstructed by rapids. Large lift locks were built to enable boats and their cargoes to proceed. Miller, who painted multiple views of this location, based this study on an earlier woodcut print he published in Holden’s Dollar Magazine.
About the Artist: William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893) was born in England and immigrated to the United States around 1845. He was known for painting landscapes and animals.
In the Mohawk Valley–East Canada Creek
Attributed to Asher B. Durand, Oil on Canvas, 1845
On loan from the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library
The East Canada Creek is a major tributary of the Mohawk River and helps form the Mohawk River Watershed.
About the Artist: Asher B. Durand (1796–1886) was a friend of Thomas Cole and a major figure in the Hudson River School movement. Durand advocated for realism in art and wanted artists to allow the natural settings to “speak for themselves.”
View of Lake Canadarago, by George W. King, ca 1880-1890
George W. King, Oil on Canvas, 1950
On loan from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute
About the Artist: George W. King was a native New Yorker who sketched and painted landscapes.