Susie M. Barstow

Susie M. Barstow (May 9, 1836 – June 12, 1923) was an American painter associated with the Hudson River School who was known for her luminous landscapes.

Biography Susie M. Barstow was the daughter of old-time New York City tea merchant Samuel Barstow (1805-1884) and Mary Tyler Blossom (1813-1895), whose lineage traces back to one of the original passengers of the Mayflower. She was born on May 9, 1836. She studied at the Rutgers Female Institute in New York, the first college for women in New York City, graduating in 1853, and received additional artistic training in Europe. She exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1858, the Brooklyn Art Association, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts among other venues. At the time, women artists did not have the same opportunities to exhibit their work as male artists did, so her work remained relatively little known until art historians began to reassess women artists of the Hudson River School. Complementing the exhibit, art historian Nancy Siegel published the biography Susie M. Barstow: Redefining the Hudson River School (2023), which drew on archival sources including letters, diaries and sketchbooks held by her family.

Barstow, an early member of the Appalachian Mountain Club,