1820s–1880s
Hudson River School
Representative work: Chestnut and Pine by David Johnson
America's first major art movement, centered on landscape painting that celebrated the natural beauty of the Hudson River Valley and the American wilderness. Characterized by luminous, detailed depictions of nature. Key figures: Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt.
49 artists in the WattsOS database
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Associated Artists
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Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Hudson River School artists.
The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Sep 1976 – Nov 1976
8 artists from this movement
American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Sep 1944 – Nov 1944
1 artist from this movement
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1944 – Oct 1944
1 artist from this movement
Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1943 – Feb 1944
5 artists from this movement
Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Feb 1943 – Mar 1943
2 artists from this movement
Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1938 – Jul 1938
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Hudson River School.
Movement
- Name
- Hudson River School
- Period
- 1820s–1880s
- Artists
- 49
- Wikidata
- Q943853
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