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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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Who was the famous artist and co-founder of the Hudson River School artists who painted historical paintings and romantic landscapes?
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. 1850. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 34 inches. Depicted are the Catskill Mountains facing west from somewhere in Dutchess County NY...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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1880s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Evocation (Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Hudson River School inspired landscape painting of sunset with orange glow “Evocation” painted by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams in 2014 oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches / 49.25 x 61.5 inches wi...
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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moonrise in the Mountains (Hudson River School Style Nighttime Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Luminist, Hudson River School inspired landscape of Catskill mountains with moonlit blue sky "Moonrise in the Mountains", painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams in 20...
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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Hudson River School Mountain Landscape Framed Signed Painting
By George Herbert McCord
Located in Buffalo, NY
This atmospheric 19th-century oil painting by George H. McCord (1848–1909) depicts a wooded riverbank under a dynamic sky, rendered with the crisp naturalism and luminist subtlety as...
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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Seascape -- Manresa Tidal Pool at Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant tidal pool seascape at sunset at Manresa Beach in Santa Cruz by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899 -1963), circa 1950. Translucent wave and breaking wave add interest and de...
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1950s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars

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