Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979 - 1999

The Museum presents Sylvia Sleigh’s masterwork Invitation to a Voyage, a 70-foot panorama painting of the Hudson River and its banks, composed of 14 panels (each 8 x 5 feet).

A train trip to Albany in 1961 inspired Invitation to a Voyage. Sleigh, impressed by the beauty of the river and Bannerman’s Castle on Pollepel Island, began the work, which ultimately took her 20 years to complete.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.