Harvey, Eleanor
Senior Curator
Harvey, Eleanor
Senior Curator
American Art; 19th century landscape painting; 20th century landscape art; Civil War and Reconstruction era art; Texas and Southwestern Regionalism.
Positions
- Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum 2003 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in History of Art, Yale University , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, âThat earlier, wilder imageâ: Oil Sketches by American Landscape Painters, 1840-1880 1987 - 1998
- M.Phil. in History of Art, Yale University , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1985 - 1987
- M.A. in History of Art, Yale University , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1984 - 1985
- B.A. in Art History, University of Virginia , College of Arts and Sciences 1980 - 1983
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2018
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- American Cosmos awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards 2018 -
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Harvey, Eleanor. 2024. "Dusting for Humboldt's Fingerprints on American Art and Culture." Juniata Voices, 24 142–162. 2024
- Warren, Dana R., Loeb, Harper M., Betjemann, Peter, Munck, Isabel A., Keeton, William S., Shaw, David C., and Harvey, Eleanor J. 2023. "An interdisciplinary framework for evaluating 19th century landscape paintings for ecological research." Ecosphere, 14, (9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4649. 2023
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2020. "Arts and Sciences: A new exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution examines the influence of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt on the American arts." Magazine Antiques, Mar 20, 2020, 87, (2), 64–73. 2020
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2017. "Founding Landscape: Charles Willson Peale’s Exhumation of the Mastodon." American Art, 31, (2) 40–42. https://doi.org/10.1086/694058. 2017
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2012. "The Civil War and American Art." American Art Review, 24, (6) 80–128. 2012
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2012. "The Coming Storm: American landscape painting and the Civil War." The Magazine Antiques, 179, (6) 80–89. 2012
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Book
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2020. Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture. Washington, DC;Princeton, New Jersey: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with Princeton University Press. 2020
- Truettner, William H., Mecklenburg, Virginia M., Harvey, Eleanor Jones, and Broun, Elizabeth. 2015. Nineteen American Masterworks from the Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Collection. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2015
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2012. The Civil War and American Art [Exhibition catalog] Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with Yale University Press. 2012
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones, Moser, Joann G., Mecklenburg, Virginia M., Gurney, George, and Speer, George. 2007. Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections. London: D. Giles Limited. 2007
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Chapter
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2018. "Capturing the Cosmos." In Frederic Church's Olana on the Hudson: Art, Landscape, Architecture. Zukowski, Karen and Rosenbaum, Julia B., editors. 91–133. New York: Rizzoli. 2018
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2016. "Church's Cosmos." In [Exhibit Catalog:] Capturing the Cosmos: Frederic Church Painting Humboldt's Vision of Nature. 5–9. Hudson: Olana Partnership. 2016
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2015. "John Alexander's Sleep of Reason." In Human/nature. The Ridiculous and Sublime: Recent Works by John Alexander. 20–31. Dallas: Meadows Museum of Art. 2015
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2014. "The South's Forgotten Painter." In Soldier Artist: Conrad Wise Chapman. Wall, Pamela Soulsbury, Grogan, Kevin, and Wilkins, Cary, editors. 1–3. Augusta: Morris Museum of Art. 2014
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2013. "A Visit From the Old Mistress." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 342–343. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2013. "Aurora Borealis." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 288–289. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2013. "The Iron Mine." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 178–179. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2013. "The Lord is My Shepherd." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 184–185. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
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Review
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2015. [Book review] "Painters and Paintings in the Early American South." Early American Literature, (2), 576. 2015
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones. 2014. [Book review] "An Irascible Artist : separating man from myth. Review of Whistler: A life for Art's Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland." American Scholar, (2), 116. 2014
Presentations
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Exhibit
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones (Curator). 2020. "Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture." Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, March 20, 2020 to August 16, 2020..
- Jacob, John, Harvey, Eleanor, and Rothschild, Jill (Curators). 2023. "J.P. Ball and Robert S. Duncanson: An African American Artistic Collaboration." Smithsonian American Art Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2023-09-15 to 2024-03-30..
- Harvey, Eleanor (Curator). 2019. "Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists." Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, October 11, 2019 to April 12, 2020..
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Department
Mailing Address
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MRC 970 PO Box 37012
Washington DC 20013-7012
