Mercer County - Princeton - In Nature's Realm: The New Jersey Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh
In Nature's Realm: The New Jersey Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh Open May 29, 2020 Opening Reception, Thursday, May 28 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception is free and open to the public Image credit: Grouse, 1885. Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh (1856–1915), oil on canvas. Private Collection. In line with its mission of celebrating the art of New Jersey, Morven Museum & Garden is proud to present the first exhibition examining the work of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh (1856–1915). Born in New Brunswick, the great-great-grandson of Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh (1736–1790), the first president of Queens College (Rutgers University), Hardenbergh was a self-taught artist and ornithologist. As a young man, he spent time at Chadwick House, the Jersey Shore’s most famous sporting club located just south of present-day Mantoloking. His early love of wildlife became a lifelong passion for the study of birds. Splitting his time between New Brunswick and the Je...