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Picturing Boston: Painting the Town
April 13, 2003
Erica Hirshler senior curator, Museum of Fine Arts

Erica Hirshler provides a tour of Boston's waterfront, parks, and neighborhoods through the eyes of the painters who portrayed the city. Using images from the MFA's collection, this lecture explores how artists chose to represent Boston and its inhabitants throughout its history. Enjoy early views of Boston Common and the Battle of Bunker Hill, Fitzhugh Lane's ship-filled harbor scenes, and images by Childe Hassam and George Luks of the increasingly cosmopolitan city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, as well as less familiar views of Dorchester, Roxbury, and other Boston neighborhoods.

Art & Architecture | History
Childe Hassam | cityscape painting | Culture | Fitzhugh Lane | George Luks | landscape | landscape painting | Painting | Art History
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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