He exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design in 1848, became a full member in 1858, and continued to show his paintings there regularly through the mid- 1870s.
He exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design in 1848, and returned to Albany permanently in 1849. Hart became a full member of the National Academy in 1858, and continued to show his paintings there regularly through the mid- 1870s.