Hudson River School Paintings
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL STYLE
Considered the first major American painting movement, the Hudson River School emerged in the first half of the 19th century with landscape paintings that celebrated the young country’s natural beauty. Most of its leading painters were based in New York City where they exchanged ideas and traveled to the nearby Hudson River Valley and Catskills Mountains to re-create their vistas. At a time when the city was increasingly dense, the Hudson River School artists extolled the vast and pristine qualities of the American landscape, a sentiment that would inform the conservation movement.
American art was dominated by portraiture and historical scenes before Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, began painting the Catskill Mountains in 1825. While the Hudson River School was informed by European art aesthetics, particularly the British focus on the sublime in nature, it was a style imbued with nationalism. The landscape painters who followed and studied under Cole would expand their focus from the Northeastern United States to places across the country, their work shared through prints and portfolios promoting an appreciation for the American wilderness — Niagara Falls, the mountain ranges that dot the American West and more — as the style blossomed during the mid-19th century.
Cole’s student Frederic Edwin Church as well as painters such as Albert Bierstadt, John Frederick Kensett, Asher Brown Durand and others became prominent proponents of the Hudson River School. The American art movement also had close ties to the literary world, including to authors like William Cullen Bryant, Henry David Thoreau and James Fenimore Cooper who wrote on similar themes. Although by the early 1900s the style had waned, and modernism would soon guide the following decades of art in the United States, the Hudson River School received renewed interest in the late 20th century for the dramatic way its artists portrayed the world.
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Style: Hudson River School
Recognized Seller Listings
Reminiscence of Vermont, ca. 1860–1870
By William Hart
Located in New York, NY
In this detailed and colorful rendering of a Vermont countryside entitled “Reminiscence of Vermont,” William Hart paints two figures walking along a stream
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sunset Glow, Roman Campagna
Located in New York, NY
William Stanley Haseltine paints a beautiful river landscape in Roman Campagna at the end of day in his artwork entitled, “Sunset Glow, Roman Campagna.”
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset Landscape, 1868
Located in New York, NY
F. Alexander Wust paints a stellar sunset over a hillside with light red color in his artwork entitled, “Sunset Landscape.”
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer on the Delaware
Located in New York, NY
Hermann Herzog paints a beautiful mountainside landscape with a house set into the incline in his work entitled, “Summer on the Delaware.”
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay of New York at Sunrise, 1875
By Edward Moran
Located in New York, NY
Edward Moran paints a scenic coastal scene of ships setting out into the Bay of New York at the beginning of day in his artwork entitled, “ Bay of New York at Sunrise”
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Under the Palisades, 1899
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Francis Cropsey paints a view out from the Palisades onto the Hudson River in his artwork entitled, “Under the Palisades.”
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Mountain Trail, Colorado, 1868
Located in New York, NY
Worthington Whittredge paints an iconic scene of the burgeoning West of the United States, specifically Colorado, in his artwork entitled, “A Mountain Trail, Colorado.”
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunter and Canoe
Located in New York, NY
Hermann Herzog depicts a stunning view of a figure preparing a fire in a grassy field with snow-capped mountains in the distance in his work entitled, “Hunter and Canoe.”
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sandy Beach, Cohasset, 1860
By Winckworth Allan Gay
Located in New York, NY
Winckworth Allan Gay paints a scenic coastal scene from an elevated perspective overlooking a wave-filled beach below in his work entitled, “Sandy Beach, Cohasset.”
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Hudson River School artist Samuel Colman paints an idyllic landscape in the late afternoon glow in his artwork entitled, “Landscape.”
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Summer Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: JR Brevoort
Category
1860s Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twilight in the Marshes
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: J.R. Brevoort.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Storm
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right in arrowhead: R A Blakelock
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lost Cove
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: R A Blakelock
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Spring Garden
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right in arrowhead: R A Blakelock; on verso: A Spring Garden
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lights of the Aurora
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: W Bradford
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Into the Night
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: RA Blakelock.
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View on the Hudson, the Catskills in the Distance
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: F.A. SILVA.
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Study of Three Coastal Scenes
Located in New York, NY
In this unique work on paper titled “Study of Three Coastal Scenes,” William Trost Richard paints three separate studies of varied coastal scenes featuring boats.
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Coastal Scene at Sunset with Ships
Located in New York, NY
Signed indistinctly lower right
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Indian Encampment
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right in arrowhead: R.A. Blakelock
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset over the River
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed lower right: AB
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
The Rapelye Homestead, Bowery Bay, Long Island
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: W.R. Miller. 1877.
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonlit Seascape
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left of center: WMT. Richards 1875
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
New England Coastal Scene with Figures
Located in New York, NY
Monogramed and dated lower right: JF.K. / ‘64.
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Niagara Falls with View of Clifton House
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated right of center: J.F. Cropsey / 1852
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Newport Beach
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: WM. T. Richards - 1873.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Sketch of Derwentwater
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamp on verso; on stretcher bar: SEP 9th 1855
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Glow
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Albert Blakelock was a romanticist American painter known primarily for his landscape paintings related to the Tonalism movement.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Silhouette at Twilight
Located in New York, NY
Signed illegibly lower right
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grand Canyon
By Thomas Moran
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed and dated lower right: TMORAN. 1919.
Category
20th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fall Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: Blakelock
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Road-Side View (View in Wisconsin)
By Seth Eastman
Located in New York, NY
Label on stretcher bar: No. 175. / AMERICAN ART-UNION. /Road-Side View / Painted by / Seth Eastman / Distributed December 20, 1850.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Hills, Hunter Mountain
Located in New York, NY
Dated lower right: Sept. 67
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fall Landscape, Catskills, with Hikers
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: Blakelock
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunlight Through Storm Clouds.
Located in Storrs, CT
American School. The Pond: Sunlight and Clearing Clouds. Late nineteenth century. 13 7/8 x 11 1/8 x 1 1/4.
Unsigned. Frost & Adams stamp to the verso. The painting has been cleaned and relined; minor discolorations; craquelure. Housed in a linen liner with a gold lip and an elegant period-style 17 1/8 x 14 ½ x 2 1/8-inches.
Frost & Adams (est.1869) was an artists' supply firm in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Cornhill, on the current site of Boston City...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Mountain Lake
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right in arrowhead: R. A. Blakelock / 1876
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset Over the Shawangunks
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamp on verso
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Summer
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed and dated lower right: JW. 71; on verso: Indian Summer / By Jw. Williamson / N. Y. 1871 –
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures Along the Coast with Sailboats
Located in New York, NY
Signed and inscribed lower right: MFH de Haas NA
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trout Fisherman in a Mountain Stream
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: W. Whittredge 1861
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Landscape with Cattle
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: J. F. Cropsey / 1879
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Scene with Lake
Located in New York, NY
William Mason Brown painted landscapes before becoming known as a painter of meticulously detailed still lifes.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beacon Rock, Newport
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed and dated lower right: JF. K. 63
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rocky Shore
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: W Bradford
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Encampment
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: R. A. Blakelock
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pompton, New Jersey
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed and dated lower right: DJ. 79.; on verso: –Study– / Pompton. / N-J. / David Johnson. 1879.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Deer in the Forest
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: • FARNY • /88
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Lifting Fog, Grand Manan
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed lower left: ATBricher
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shoreline with Basket and Boats
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: William F. de Haas. ‘76
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
River Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: L.W.Prentice.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
View by a Lake
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: Ernest Parton
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Niagara Falls
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: R. Gignoux
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Smith Farm
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed lower right; Inscribed on verso: To Miss Francis Smith with Compliments of the Artist. David Johnson. Oct 1893
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mount Etna from Catania
Located in New York, NY
Prominent Luminist Hudson River School painter.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hawley, Pennsylvania
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: RABlakelock
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mount Chocorua
Located in New York, NY
Leading Hudson River School Painter Famous for New England Views.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Twilight on the Sawmill River
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: J.F. Cropsey 1887
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hudson River School paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Hudson River School paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ralph Albert Blakelock, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and John Frederick Kensett. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Hudson River School paintings, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $400 and tops out at $875,000, while the average work sells for $14,933.
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