The New Response: Contemporary Painters of the Hudson River

by John Yau, Alan Gussow (Introduction)

Contemporary landscape painters of the legendary Hudson River Valley are featured in this breathtaking and fascinating collection. Beginning with Thomas Cole's travel into the Kaaterskill Clove in 1825, the Hudson River Valley has inspired generations of painters in the United States. The nineteenth-century Hudson River School of painters, including Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, and Frederic Edwin Church, profoundly influenced the development of American landscape painting.

The Hudson River Valley continues to inspire, as amply demonstrated by the thirty-two contemporary painters in this volume. Both acknowledging the artistic traditions of the region and offering distinctive interpretations, today's painters respond energetically and innovatively to the stunning beauty, environmental challenges, and continual transformations of the Hudson.

John Yau is a poet, critic, and curator. His collections of poetry include Borrowed Love Poems; Forbidden Entries; Berlin Poems by John Yau; and Corpse and Mirror. His books of criticism include The Passionate Essays on Art and Poetry; The United States of Jasper Johns; and In the Realm of The Art of Andy Warhol.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

John Yau is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction, and art criticism.