Hudson River Journey, An Artist's Perspective
he Hudson River has been painted, sketched, and written about since Henry Hudson made his epic voyage of discovery up the river in 1609 and claimed the surrounding wilderness for the Dutch. In 1846 William Wade, a skilled engraver, create a unique 12-foot long portrait of the Hudson. Wade's highly detail engravings captured the intricacies of both shores. Inspired by Wade's work, Douglas Lazarus has created a modern portfolio of watercolor paintings of the Hudson. In this portfolio, published in the Hudson River Journey, An Artist's Perspective, just as Wade did in 1846, Lazarus depicts the both shores of the Hudson just as they appear. His paintings, as detailed as Wade's, show all aspects of this scenic and historic, and yet commercially active river.
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