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Eleanor Jones Harvey

Eleanor Jones Harvey is a senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her research interests include 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century American art, notably landscape painting, southwestern abstraction and Texas art.

Stories from this author

Robert S. Duncanson,

Inauguration Highlights Rainbow Painting by African American Artist

Curator Eleanor Harvey shares the story of Robert Duncanson and his artwork

Ernest Fiene,

Notre Dame

On April 15, 2019, the world watched as the Cathedral of Notre Dame caught fire, destroying much of one of the most important buildings in the world. Senior Curator Eleanor Harvey describes the allure of Paris and Notre Dame on American artists after the Civil War.