Hudson River School Art

Hudson River School Art A collection of old and modern paintings by Lawrence Zeitlin

The Hudson River School Landscape painting occupied a relatively minor place in the roster of European arts during the 18th century. This was changed, at least in the United States, by the emergence of the Hudson River School, America's first homegrown, coherent and sizable group of landscape artists. The new country had few historical scenes or eminent personages to depict but it had an abundance of beautiful, dramatic and untamed scenery. The painters of the Hudson River School, working in and around New York from the 1820s to the 1880s outstripped other contemporary art movements in portraits, still life, genre, and history painting. The paintings depicted the landscape in an almost idealistic fashion. They became so popular that the average art viewer envisions Hudson River type landscapes as characteristic of American art for the entire period of the 1800s. The landscape artists did not restrict themselves to the Hudson River. In later years they painted the landscapes of the West and classic scenes of Europe. But eventually tastes change. Photography could do the primary job of documentation, and the style itself became viewed as overly romantic and "old fashioned." The Impressionists were on the rise. In recent years the school has seen a revival as contemporary artists revisit the old sites and paint their Hudson landscapes with a freer hand and much more colorful palette. We congratulate both the landscape pioneers who worked in New York studios, and their contemporary peers who paint on the banks of the river, for their sympathetic presentation of a simpler world. Their vision is one that will not pass away.

List of paintings 01. Albertus del Orient Browere - Catskill 02. Andrew W. Warren - Red Hook Point on the Hudson, opposite Kingston, NY 03. Anonymous - Outing on the Hudson 04. Anonymous - Storm King 05. Clinton W. Clapp - Marlborough from New Hamburg 06. David Johnson - West Point from Ft. Putnam 07. Francis A. Silva - The Hudson at Tappan Zee 08. Frederic Edwin Church - The Parthenon (not Athens, NY but Athens, Greece) 09. George Kelly - Sunrise in Winter at West Point 10. George Kelly - Looking North from Bear Mountain 11. James Bard - Steamer "America" 12. Jasper Francis Cropsey - Shad Fishing on the Hudson 13. Jasper Francis Cropsey - Sunset on the Hudson River 14. Jasper Francis Cropsey - View of Catskills across Hudson 15. John Ferguson Weir - View of the Highlands from West Point 16. John George Brown - View of the Palisades 17. Margaret Zeitlin - Looking North from Bear Mountain Bridge 18. Margaret Zeitlin - Iona Island 19. Samuel Coleman - Storm King on the Hudson 20. Samuel Lancaster Gerry - West Point, Hudson River

21. Sanford Robinson Gifford - Sunset on the Hudson 22. Sanford Robinson Gifford - Sunset over New York Bay 23. Thomas Chambers - Staten Island and the Narrows 24. Thomas Chambers - View from West Point 25. Thomas Chambers - Villa on the Hudson near Weehawken 26. Thomas Doughty - View of the Highlands from Newburgh, NY 27. John Fredrick Kensett - Lakes and Mountains

Albertus del Orient Browere - Catskill

Andrew W. Warren - Red Hook Point on the Hudson, opposite Kingston, NY

Anonymous - Outing on the Hudson

Anonymous - Storm King Mountain

Clinton W. Clapp - Marlborough from New Hamburg

David Johnson - West Point from Ft. Putnam

Francis A. Silva - The Hudson at Tappan Zee

Frederic Edwin Church - The Parthenon (not Athens, NY but Athens, Greece)

George Kelly - Sunrise in Winter at West Point

George Kelly - Looking North from Bear Mountain

James Bard – Steamer “America”

Jasper Francis Cropsey - Shad Fishing on the Hudson

Jasper Francis Cropsey - Sunset on the Hudson River

Jasper Francis Cropsey - View of Catskills across Hudson

John Ferguson Weir - View of the Highlands from West Point

John George Brown - View of the Palisades

Margaret Zeitlin - Looking North from Bear Mountain Bridge

Margaret Zeitlin - Iona Island

Samuel Coleman - Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Lancaster Gerry - West Point, Hudson River

Sanford Robinson Gifford - Sunset on the Hudson

Sanford Robinson Gifford - Sunset over New York Bay

Thomas Chambers - Staten Island and the Narrows

Thomas Chambers - View from West Point

Thomas Chambers - Villa on the Hudson near Weehawken

Thomas Doughty - View of the Highlands from Newburgh, NY

John Fredrick Kensett - Lakes and Mountains