BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1544@hamptons.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000 DTSTAMP:20260617T203340Z URL:https://hamptons.com/events/larsen-salon-glorious-country-how-the-arti st-frederic-church-brought-the-world-to-america-and-america-to-the-world/ SUMMARY:Larsen Salon | Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Bro ught the World to America and America to the World DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist \;Victoria Johnson \;shares the dramatic and consequential life of the artist Fre deric Church\, whose footsteps she followed around the globe for her \ ;“absorbing” (Ron Chernow) and “thrilling” (Andrea Wulf) \;new biography of Church\, \;Glorious Country. \;Church’s curiosity\ , bravery\, and passion for nature drove him to explore the world\, but it was his astonishing talent that allowed him to bring the world to America at a time when landscape photography was in its infancy and most of his c ountrymen and countrywomen would never see a different country or continen t. Exhibited to acclaim abroad\, Church’s blockbuster paintings persuade d skeptical critics \;that the so-called “New World” could\, in fa ct\, give birth to towering artists and furnish the subject matter for gre at art. At Olana\, his estate on the Hudson\, he forged an enduring master piece of architectural\, interior\, and landscape design. \;A master a rtist and citizen\, Church brought the world to America\, and America to t he world.\n\nVictoria Johnson \;is the author of three books\, includi ng the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist \;American Eden : David Hosack\, Botany\, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic . She holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University and an under graduate degree in philosophy from Yale. She is Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York.\nTICKET S ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hamptons.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ longhouse-reserve-east-hampton5.jpg LOCATION:LongHouse Reserve\, 133 Hands Creek Rd\, East Hampton\, NY\, 11937 \, East Hampton\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=133 Hands Creek Rd\, East H ampton\, NY\, 11937\, East Hampton\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=LongHouse Reserve:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR