Browse: Paintings by Hudson River School Artists
Beginning in the rolling hills, green valleys, and towering forests of upstate New York, the Hudson River school painters captured the distinct American landscape. The first major artistic fraternity in the United States, the Hudson River school became one of the most influential movements in American art. In the early 19th century, American Transcendentalist writers inspired a new appreciation for the beauty of wild, untamed land. In 1825, painter Thomas Cole produced a series of images of the Catskill Mountains, celebrating the dramatic scenery of upstate New York and starting a new approach to American landscape painting. By the mid-19th century, the Hudson River school painters expanded their search for new subject matter to South America, the Arctic, and the American West, celebrating the grandeur and vastness of the American landscape.
By Laura F. Fry, Senior Curator and Curator of Art, Gilcrease Museum with research assistance by Zachary Qualls, Graduate Student, Museum Science and Management Program, The University of Tulsa, 2016
Image | Title | Creator | Culture | Accession # | Materials/Techniques |
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The Grand Canyon | Thomas Moran | American | 01.2351 | oil on canvas | |
Sierra Nevada Mountains | William Keith | American | 01.2077 | oil on canvas | |
Sacramento River Looking East to Mt Shasta on the Left, Lesser Peak on the Right | Unknown | American | 02.1437 | watercolor on paper | |
Indian Encampment | George Caleb Bingham | American | 01.1184 | oil on canvas | |
Sierra Nevada Mountains in California | Albert Bierstadt | American | 01.1181 | oil on canvas | |
Niagara Falls | Albert Bierstadt | American | 01.1174 | oil on canvas | |
Mount Hood | Thomas Hill | American | 01.1591 | oil on canvas | |
Sierra Nevada Morning | Albert Bierstadt | American | 01.2305 | oil on canvas | |
Wagon Train | Samuel Colman | American | 01.1522 | oil on canvas | |
Point Lobos, California | Albert Bierstadt | American | 01.2304 | oil on canvas | |
The Glory of the Canyon | Thomas Moran | American | 01.2350 | oil on canvas | |
The Davidson Glacier | Thomas Hill | American; British | 01.1587 | oil on board | |
Niagara Falls (Horseshoe Falls) | Unknown, Thomas Cole | American | 01.2253 | oil on board | |
View on Lake George | Jasper Francis Cropsey | American | 01.2316 | oil on canvas |