Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut
Durand, Sanford Gifford and Jasper Cropsey
It was strongly influenced by Romanticism and other European landscape painting schools, such as the German Nazarenes or by landscape masters like Joseph Turner or John Constable
The Trail project is
Hudson River School to Tonalism
That year admiring crowds gathered along the Hudson River to catch a glimpse of the Marquis de Lafayette, the great French Published on June 19, 2020 / Updated on October 14, 2023
Inspired originally by the majestic landscape of
Considered the first major American painting movement, the Hudson River School emerged in the first half of the 19th century with landscape paintings that celebrated the young country’s natural beauty
It was the work of these Hudson River School artists that first drew tourists to Acadia National Park and ultimately helped to preserve and protect this landscape
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West
The second-generation Hudson River School painter Sanford Robinson Gifford built a reputation as a master of light and atmosphere
Day 1: The grand tour of the Hudson River School Art Trail offers an in-depth exploration of the places that inspired America’s first artistic style