This event is in the past.It took place on May 10, 2026 at Fenimore Art Museum.
Fine Arts Exhibition
Fine Arts ExhibitionPints and Paintings: Thomas Cole and Frederic Church’s Tavern Sign
April 1 - May 10
Cooperstown
🎨Cole and Church were Hudson River School founders
🍺Artists once painted tavern signs to pay debts
A historic tavern sign painted by Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, two giants of the Hudson River School. It's a charmingly odd artifact: America's greatest landscape artists once bartered paintings for bar tabs.
Hudson River School
19th century American art
museum exhibit
art history
Fine Arts ExhibitionFine Arts ExhibitionPints and Paintings: Thomas Cole and Frederic Church’s Tavern Sign
April 1 - May 10
Cooperstown
🎨Cole and Church were Hudson River School founders
🍺Artists once painted tavern signs to pay debts
A historic tavern sign painted by Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, two giants of the Hudson River School. It's a charmingly odd artifact: America's greatest landscape artists once bartered paintings for bar tabs.
Hudson River School
19th century American art
museum exhibit
art history