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Who was the famous artist and co-founder of the Hudson River School artists who painted historical paintings and romantic landscapes?
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The famous artist and co-founder of the Hudson River School artists who painted historical paintings and romantic landscapes was Thomas Cole. Born in England, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1818. During a trip to the Catskills, he first began producing paintings, and his work helped establish the tradition of landscape art in America. Shop a large selection of Hudson River School paintings on 1stDibs.
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Catskill Mountains from Germantown NY
By Thomas Cole
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gorgeous panoramic sunset landscape by unknown artist, ca. 1890. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 34 inches.
Depicted are the Catskill Mountains facing west from somewhere in Dutchess County NY...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Late 19th Century Oil Painting San Francisco Bay Sunset
By William Alexander Coulter
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Bay Sunset Hudson River School circle of William Alexander Coulter
Luminous San Francisco Bay 1870s landscape of sunset over water with red buoy in foreground and sail...
Category
1880s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American Hudson River School Coastal Sunset Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American sunset seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 15 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 15 painting alone.. In excellent original cond...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dawn at the River
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful Hudson River School painting, oil on canvas. Obviously painted by a talented artist, unsigned and a mystery for you to solve. Canvas stamped Edward Dechaux NY. An amazing...
Category
1850s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Hudson River School Luminous Coastal Sunset Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed and dated K. W. Newhall 1881, this luminous seascape by American painter Kate White Newhall (1840–1917) captures a dramatic coastal scene at sunset with refined academic techn...
Category
1880s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century Hudson River School Bucolic Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful example of the Hudson River School romantic bucolic New York autumn landscape with cows foraging. Illegible artist signature on stretcher bar (See enhanced images). Condition: very good; professionally cleaned and minor restoration upper right hand corner where paint was missing.
Unframed.
Image size: 14"H x 24"W x .75"D
Hudson River School was an informal association was America's first so-called school of painting and the dominant landscape style until the Civil War. The name derives from a group of 19th-century landscape painters working in New York state. With realistic composition, they depicted romantic views of unsettled areas of the Hudson River Valley especially lakes, rocky gorges, and forests in the Catskill Mountains. About a fourth of these artists utilized luminism or effects with special lighting techniques to convey lofty emotions through contrasts of light and dark. Included in this Hudson River luminist category were Washington Allston, Albert Bierstadt, William Hart, and Frederic Edwin Church...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
