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