This is the 1st in a series of timelines looking at Rochester art and the Memorial Art Gallery in celebration of the Galley's centennial in October 2013.
Thomas Davies painted the first view of the Genesee Falls in 1766. The watercolor is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
Daniel Wadsworth, Esq., (1771-1848), may have visited the Portage area on the Genesee River several times.
This formal gentleman was the founder of Rochesterville, precursor to the city of Rochester, which was incorporated in 1834.
In 1820, Paul Hinds became Rochester's first resident artist. No work by this artist has yet been identified.
The original Erie Canal aqueduct over the Genesee River in Rochester was completed in 1823.
Portrait painter Horace Harding was reported in Rochester in December 1823.
In December 1823, William Dunlap's painting was exhibited in Rochester.
Originally based in Canandaigua, John Lee Douglas Mathies opened the first art gallery in Rochester around 1826.
Even before the official opening of the Erie Canal, artists found their way to Rochester.
In 1827, Captain Basil Hall visited Rochester via the newly opened Erie Canal.
