At a press briefing this morning, Director Brent Benjamin stressed the museum’s dedication to providing exhibits that highlight St. Louis’ influence on national and international arts. The shows for 2015 draw from Missouri-based collectors, artists and designers. • The year begins with a three-show package that highlights art focused on the Mississippi and Hudson rivers. The exhibit Scenic Wonder: An Early American Journey Down the Hudson River began last fall, and set the scene for the influential American painting group the Hudson River School in the mid-19 th century. • Scenic Wonder overlaps with Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life , which collects the painter’s allegorical series depicting the various stages of life. Cole was one of the most significant and far-reaching Hudson River School painters. Each painting in the series is more than six feet long. • St. Louis artist George Caleb Bingham ’s work is set in contrast with these two exhibits starting in late February. The exhibit
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