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January 17, 2019Museum To Host Author/Illustrator Hudson Talbott For Book Event
The Albany Institute of History & Art will host local author and illustrator Hudson Talbott for a book talk and signing about his most recent work Picturing America: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2PM. The event is included with museum admission.
The book brings to children (ages 7 and up) the life of Thomas Cole, who founded America’s first major art movement, the Hudson River School. Original illustrations for the book will also be on view.
Hudson Talbott is a resident of the Hudson Valley and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Cole National History Site in Catskill, NY. He has written and/or illustrated more than 25 books.
The Albany Institute of History & Art is known for its collection of Hudson River School paintings, which are currently on view in the exhibition The Hudson River School: Landscape Paintings from the Albany Institute. The museum also has Thomas Cole’s personal papers, sketches, and other materials in its collection.
