New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, New York City
nyhistory.org
through October 27, 2024
On view at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library is the exhibition “From Paul Revere to Edward Hopper: Treasures from the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors.”
Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue, it has been co-curated by Linda S. Ferber and Marilyn S. Kushner, who describe its more than 140 works as a “visual journey” through American history. Among the artists represented are George Caleb Bingham, Mary Cassatt, John Sloan, George Bellows, and Maurice Prendergast.
Leonard Milberg recalls, “I never took an art course, but Miss Behan, my eighth-grade teacher at PS 197 in Brooklyn, would often have us write about 10 cent postcard-size reproductions of famous paintings. During the Korean War, I was stationed in Alaska. One day, tired of watching herds of moose go by, I found a small bookstore in neighboring Anchorage that sold art books. My eyes had been opened. After coming home from Alaska, I began visiting art museums and buying more art books.”
The rest is, literally, history.
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