Hudson river school

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Sotheby's American Art sale on 19 November features an impressive grouping of Hudson River School paintings, led by Frederic Edwin Church's South American Landscape. Influenced by Alexander von Humboldt's seminal publication Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Church sought"u2026

Hudson River School painter George Herbert McCord portrays a tranquil scene of cows drinking from a river as a crescent moon looms above in the sky.

New Haven has an equivalent of Niagara Falls and the Eiffel Tower, a spot where dinosaurs trod and earth meets an intimation of paradise, and where the first defiant political “shot” of the American…

Albert Bierstadt, (born Jan. 7, 1830, near Düsseldorf, Westphalia [Germany]—died Feb. 19, 1902, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American artist who painted landscapes and whose tremendous popularity was based on his panoramic scenes of the American West. Among the last generation of painters associated with the Hudson River school, Bierstadt, like Frederick Church and Thomas Moran, covered vast distances in search of more exotic subject matter. His reputation was made by the huge canvases that…

Unknown and forgotten to history, these painters of America's great landscapes are finally getting their due in a new exhibition

Erik Koeppel "Sunset at Gettysburg: 12 x 22 inches Oil on panel I'll have paintings at the History Meets the Arts Show in Gettysburg, PA this weekend (June 10-12th). Lauren Sansaricq and I will be in attendance, so come say, "Hello." An article on the show was in American Art Collector magazine as follows: Here's some information on the show from the web: " The 19th annual History Meets the Arts (HMTA) show will be held at the Gettysburg College Ballroom, June10-12 in historic Gettysburg…

October in the Catskills, Sanford Robinson Gifford (United States, New York, Greenfield, 1823-1880), United States, 1880, Paintings, Oil on canvas, In his address given at the memorial for Sanford Gifford, Worthington Whittredge said that no autumn came that Gifford did not visit his mother in the town of Hudson and the nearby Catskills.

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Nestled between towering peaks and winding rivers, the Hudson Valley is a veritable treasure trove of experiences waiting to be discovered, from the stunning natural landscapes that inspired the iconic Hudson River School of painters to the rich tapestry of cultural institutions that celebrate the region's storied past.