Harry Fenn, America’s Best-Known Landscape Illustrator, 1870-1895

Meet-the-Speaker reception to follow

Author Sue Rainey’s new book, Creating A World on Paper: Harry Fenn’s Career in Art, has just been published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Fenn was a member of the Montclair, NJ, art colony established in the late 19th century with the likes of George Inness and his son, George Inness Jr.; F.S. Church; Jonathan Scott Hartley; Clara McChesney; Walter Greenough; and Emilie Koehler Greenough. Her lecture includes a fascinating history of the development of graphic pictorial techniques and the role of scenic illustration.

Support for this free is provided by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, Lewis I. Haber, and the generosity of Victorian Society New York members. Co-sponsored by the South Street Seaport Museum and Bowne Printers.

Location: Dominican Academy, 44 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065
Admission: Free; no reservations required. Seating is limited and early arrival is recommended. The Victorian Society New York cannot guarantee seating after 6:15 p.m.

Image: “A glimpse of Fifth Avenue, Harry Fenn self-portrait on the balcony” The man looking down Fifth is Harry Fenn – it was created as a self-image.