Don't miss this rare opportunity to view the original pen and ink drawings by local artist, Theodore Cornu, now on exhibit in the Gallery space of the Croton Free Library. Drawings from Cornu's sketchbooks depict life along the Hudson River in the years before European arrival on the continent. They are paired with published print versions from his newsletters.
An ardent historian and conservationist Theodore Cornu researched and documented the forested landscape and habitants on the land. During a period living in the Ferry House at Van Cortlandt Manor, Cornu chronicled the activities along the Hudson River and published a newsletter to inform conservation activism, inviting people of the river towns to take responsibility for the care of the natural treasure that is the Hudson Valley. Cornu enlisted pledges by citizens to commit to ecological protections. He was a great hero of the Conservation movement. We are reminded what the force and energy of one individual can have to affect positive change.
All material in the exhibit belongs to the private collection of Cornelia Cotton and is stewarded by Cornelia Cotton.
The exhibit will be on view through January 2025.