Welcome to our exhibition!
Exhibition introduction
5 minute video
Caroline M. Clowes (1838-1904) was nationally known & celebrated during her lifetime as an accomplished animal & landscape painter. Depicting Dutchess County scenes from her LaGrange backyard studio, her family second home in Florida, and elsewhere, her life and works have been lost to the chronicle of art for over 100 years. Recently rediscovered by her family, and recently restored and researched by the Dutchess County Historical Society, this is the first exhibit of her life story, illustrated by her paintings, sketches, letters, and personal items. With decades of her professional life still ahead of her, her work was featured at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition on the nation’s 100th anniversary. Then we’ll examine her death, the decline of her legacy, and its energetic rebirth!
Video Library
Online Exhibition in Four Chapters Below
Donors to the Saving Miss Clowes Fund
The generous support of our members and the following specific donors to the Saving Miss Clowes Fund have allowed us to preserve and share the works and legacy of Caroline Morgan Clowes.
| Doris Adams |
| Paola Bari |
| Susan Blodgett |
| Darrelyn Brennan |
| Joseph & Patricia Broun |
| Patricia Corrigan |
| Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer |
| Melissa Diets |
| Virginia Donovan |
| Rob & Sue Doyle |
| John Dyson |
| Kelly Ellenwood |
| Joanna Frang & Mark Debald |
| Robert Gosselink |
| Julius & Carla Gude |
| E. Stuart & Linda Hubbard |
| William Jeffway & Christopher Lee |
| Peter Jung Fine Arts |
| Betsy Kopstein-Stuts |
| Diane & Peter Lapis |
| Lou & Candy Lewis |
| Stephen Lumb |
| Robert. & Patricia McAlpine |
| Kirk Moldoff & Holly Ferris |
| Melodye Moore & Lenny Miller |
| James & Margaret Nelson |
| Kathleen & Christia Rankin |
| William Rhoads |
| Susanne Rittenberry |
| Nancy Rubsam |
| Chip & Karen Simon Charitable Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley |
| Kathleen Smith & Christian Rohrbach |
| Nevill & Karen Smyth |
| Sheldon Stowe |
| James Taylor |
| Denise Doring Van Buren |
| Mary Kay Vrba |
| Jane Whitman |
| Stacy Whittaker |
| Frederick & Sharon Whilhelm |
