James Lancel McElhinney has revived the historic practice of journal-painting, unpacked as print-suite in the tradition of William Guy Wall, Jacques-Gerard Milbert, William Birch and John-James Audubon.
Tonight at Boscobel House and Garden in Garrison, New York, McElhinney will deliver a sweeping overview of this expeditionary art-form, including the tools, techniques and material culture of traveler artists.
The talk will begin promptly at 6:30 pm

DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS: https://www.boscobel.org/events/lecture-travels-tools-and-techniques-of-19th-century-artist-expeditions/

William Guy Wall

Albrecht Durer

Jacques le Moyne

John White

Albert Eckhout

Frans Post

Early modern explorers developed expeditionary book-painting, which were later published as prints. Created to accompany official reports, public appetite for visions of faraway places fueled a growing printing industry, which expanded the art-market from the ruling elite to a rising merchant-class, and others of more modest means.

James Lancel McElhinney will unpack this history, and the revival of expeditionary journal-painting and publishing in his own creative practice, both as art and enterprise.