Jervis McEntee

American · 1828–1891

Hudson River school

He is a lesser-known figure of the 19th-century American art world, but was a close friend and traveling companion of several of the important Hudson River School artists.

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Mount Desert Island, Maine — The living window: art moves here the way it moves in your living room.

works in the Momentable archive: 4works in the Momentable archive
museums hold them: 3museums hold them
life: 1828–1891life
movement: Hudson River schoolmovement

The work

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Mount Desert Island, Maine

Jervis McEntee · National Gallery of Art

Autumn in the Catskills

Jervis McEntee · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Who Jervis McEntee was

Jervis McEntee was an American painter of the Hudson River School. He is a lesser-known figure of the 19th-century American art world, but was a close friend and traveling companion of several of the important Hudson River School artists. Aside from his paintings, McEntee's unpublished journals, written from 1872 to 1890, are an enduring legacy, documenting the life of a New York painter during and after the Gilded Age.

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