Vermont Landscapes

J. Kenneth Fine Art presents paintings of the Green Mountain State spanning the late-19th and the mid-20th centuries

- John O'Hern

Arthur R. Herrick (1897-1970), Covered Bridge, Vermont, ca.1950. Oil on canvas panel, 16 x 24 in.

May 1-August 15, 2025
J. Kenneth Fine Art
145 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, Vermont
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New England is famed for its art colonies, from Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. Inland there is the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and farther west, on the border with Vermont, was the Cornish Art Colony.

John Alexander, owner of J. Kenneth Fine Art in Shelburne, Vermont, notes, "Not to be forgotten are many smaller centers of creativity scattered throughout the Green Mountain State. The rural landscape and sprawling vistas of Vermont became a respite for artists wanting to escape pressures of urban life in New York and Boston. Among these are cities and towns such as Arlington, Bennington, Burlington, Dorset, Greensboro, Londonderry, Manchester, Peacham, Pownal, Shelburne, Stowe, Windsor and Woodstock."

Alexander has assembled the exhibition The Vermont Landscape: Late 19th Century, Depression Era, and Mid-Century Paintings, which will be on view at the gallery May 1 through August 15.

Horace Gilmore (1903-1996), 40 Below, Vermont, 1972. Oil on canvas, 14 x 30 in.

The English writer and Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) lived briefly in Vermont, beginning in 1892, and wrote