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Hudson River School Art

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
Sunset on the Hudson River by Hermann Simon (American, 1846-1895)
Sunset on the Hudson River by Hermann Simon (American, 1846-1895)

Sunset on the Hudson River by Hermann Simon (American, 1846-1895)

Located in New York, NY

Painted by Hudson River School artist Hermann Simon (1846-1895) , "Sunset on the Hudson River" is oil on canvas, measures 15 x 25 inches, and is signed and dated 1875 at the lower ri...

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19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains
Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains

Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of a creek and river meeting around a forest bend with mountains in the distance "Where Creek Meets River" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2021 Horizontal landscape painting, 36 x 48 inches unframed with white painted sides wired on reverse for easy hanging Artist's signature is located on lower left This modern Hudson...

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2010s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Panel

In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)
In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)

In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of the expansive view over the Hudson River as observed at the top of Olana, the historic home of Frederic Church "In the Afterglow" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2021 Horizontal landscape painting, 48 x 60 x 1 inches unframed with white painted sides wired on reverse for easy hanging Artist's signature is located on lower left Acclaimed artist of the Hudson Valley, Jane Bloodgood, takes her painting to a new level with a new work entitled "In the Afterglow". Her interpretation of this very iconic view (observed from the top of Olana, the historic home of Frederic Church located near Hudson, NY) is set during the very quiet moments of a summer's evening when the sun has dipped beyond the mountains. The crystal blue sky illuminates with the sun's setting rays; a golden band of yellow haze otherwise known as "The Venus Belt" is an atmospheric phenomenon only visible shortly before sunrise or right before sunset. The water reflects the pink and purple glow that forms near the horizon; the dusty shadows of trees tower over the water's edge. We marvel at how simply Jane captures a complex phenomenon, evidence of her unparalleled ability to paint light and endow her work with luminosity. Yet this painting succeeds not only in its representation of the actual landscape and the awe produced by the experience, but also in its contemporary abstraction of atomsphere. The big, open blue sky is stacked with the colors of the sunset against the horizon, calling to mind a Rothko or the other great color field painters who achieve mood and depth from singular color. About the work: Painter Jane Bloodgood-Abrams has become one of the area’s most celebrated artists, gracing viewers with her compositions of sky, river, and earth. Being less concerned with documenting specific scenes, Bloodgood-Abrams is focused on capturing nature’s essence, “the deeply profound moments, where there is a connection to a vital energy.” Her process begins with being in nature, where she allows the emotional energy of the landscape to filter through her psyche. The memory is then translated onto canvas after being worked over a period of time with layers of paint that is applied, wiped away, and reworked. The result is a radiantly dramatic remembrance of Bloodgood-Abram’s encounter with “something beyond everyday life”. The artist’s final hope is for these images to evoke remembrances within the viewer's own personal relationship with nature. Artist Biography: Jane Bloodgood Abrams was born in Queens, New York. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, in 1985. Three years later, she earned a Master’s of Fine Arts at the State University of New York in New Paltz. Now she paints in the Hudson River Valley and the Berkshires. EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts Painting - (cum laude) State University of New York at New Paltz 1988 Bachelor of Studio Arts - (cum laude) College of Saint Rose, Albany 1985 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2014 Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2013 Christopher Clark Fine Art, San Francisco, CA The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA 2012 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN The Storefront Gallery, Kingston, NY "Beyond the Real" 2011 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Locust Grove State Historical Site, Poughkeepsie, NY 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2009 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2008 DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2006 Mendenhall-Sobieski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA DFN Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2005 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2004 Albert Shahinian Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2003 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Living Room Gallery, Kingston, NY River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2001 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Artforms Gallery, Albany, NY 2000 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Mark Gruber Gallery, "Romancing the Landscape" New Paltz, NY 1999 River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 1998 Alan Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY "New Traditions" 1997 Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL MULTI-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS: 2016 Byrdcliffe’s Legacy: An ode to Nature and Place, Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock, NY Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston, NY 2015 The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI 2014 Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI “Riverscapes,” The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA "Far and Wide" Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Art Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 2013 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY Far and Wide" Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Art Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY 2012 "Riverscapes," The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA “The Great Hudson River Exhibition,” Mill Street...

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2010s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Realist Cow Farm Large 19th Century Landscape Framed Painting
Antique American Realist Cow Farm Large 19th Century Landscape Framed Painting

Antique American Realist Cow Farm Large 19th Century Landscape Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American realist cow farm landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 29 by 41 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Canvas

1920s Century Country Creek Landscape
1920s Century Country Creek Landscape

1920s Century Country Creek Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Serene early 20th century landscape of a winding creek in verdant country side with a distant farmhouse in the background, by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century), c. 1920. Pre...

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1920s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Janetta Falls, New Jersey" Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River Wooded Landscape
"Janetta Falls, New Jersey" Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River Wooded Landscape

"Janetta Falls, New Jersey" Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River Wooded Landscape

By Jasper Francis Cropsey

Located in New York, NY

Jasper F. Cropsey Janetta Falls, New Jersey, circa 1846 Signed J.F. Cropsey Oil on canvas 12½ x 10¾ inches Provenance Private Collection, New York, 1930s Thence by descent to the pr...

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1840s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942
Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942

Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942

By A. Mathieu

Located in Soquel, CA

Hudson River School Style - The Homestead and Grist Mill 1942 In the Hudson River School style by A (K) Mathieu (American, 19th-20th C). Harvest time at the Homestead with a hay wago...

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1940s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Illustration Board, Stretcher Bars

Antique American Sunset Landscape Hudson River School Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Sunset Landscape Hudson River School Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Sunset Landscape Hudson River School Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Important framed 19th century Hudson River School landscape. Possibly estate stamped. Housed in an impressive period frame. Oil on canvas.

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1860s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879
Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879

Racing Yacht Comet Off New York, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1879

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Racing Yacht "Comet" Off New York, 1879 Oil on canvas 14 x 24 inches (35.6 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Signed lower left: A. Cary Smith 79 Provenance Private...

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1870s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Landscape of Cows by Stream, Hudson River School, 19th Century
Oil Landscape of Cows by Stream, Hudson River School, 19th Century

Oil Landscape of Cows by Stream, Hudson River School, 19th Century

By Joseph Antonio Hekking

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

Joseph Antonio Hekking was a landscape and marine painter born in 1830 in the Netherlands and died in New York in 1903. He studied in Paris and was a talented draftsman who lived in Cherry Valley, NY, Hartford, CT, Detroit, MI, and Washington, D.C. He also exhibited paintings of the Adirondacks at the National Academy of Design (NYC). He served in the Civil War with a New York regiment and exhibited in the Detroit area after the war. He was a versatile and talented painter was active from the early 1850s to the later 1870s and he participated in major exhibitions. His paintings were inspired by visits to the Adirondacks and White Mountains. He is considered an important and relevant early American landscape...

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Early 19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Canvas

Children Feeding the Horse

Children Feeding the Horse

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This captivating artwork, titled "Children Feeding the Horse", is masterfully executed in rich tones. It depicts two children tenderly feeding a gentle white horse against a familiar...

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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor
Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

By Charles Bird King

Located in Soquel, CA

1842 Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Indian Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor The lithograph depicts Wakechai, also known as Crouching Eagle, who was a member of the Sauk and Fox delegation. King renders Wakechai with exceptional detail. The Saukie Chief is adorned with fine accoutrements such as a white fur robe...

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1840s Hudson River School Art

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph

19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School
19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School

19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School

Located in New York, NY

Unknown White Mountain Artist White Mountain Landscape, 19th Century Oil on board 5 x 9 1/4 in. Framed: 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.

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19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Reflections of Trees at Dusk
Reflections of Trees at Dusk

Reflections of Trees at Dusk

Located in San Francisco, CA

Much about this late 19th-century painting remains a mystery, including the name of the artist who only left their identity in a single-letter monogram. But the work's moody embrace ...

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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset - A Sketch
Sunset - A Sketch

Sunset - A Sketch

By Martin Johnson Heade

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Sunset - A Sketch, 1895 Oil on board 6 x 12 inches (15.2 x 30.5 cm) Framed dimensions: 13 1/8 x 19 3/8 inches Signed and dated lower right: M.J.H. 95 Provenance Frederick Mont and ...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Oil River Landscape Painting, Hudson River School, Mid-19th Century
Oil River Landscape Painting, Hudson River School, Mid-19th Century

Oil River Landscape Painting, Hudson River School, Mid-19th Century

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This 19th-century American School river landscape painting by an unknown artist embodies the essence of the era’s reverence for nature and the burgeoning national identity. These wor...

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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Vermont Hillside Farm
Vermont Hillside Farm

Vermont Hillside Farm

By James Hope

Located in Milford, NH

A wonderfully detailed New England landscape by Scottish American artist James Hope (1818-1892). Hope was born in Drygrange, Roxboroughshire, Scotland. After the death of his mother,...

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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

John Ridge, A Cherokee Indian & Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor
John Ridge, A Cherokee Indian & Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

John Ridge, A Cherokee Indian & Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

By Charles Bird King

Located in Soquel, CA

1838 John Ridge A Cherokee Indian and Interpreter Lithograph with Applied Watercolor The lithograph depicts John Ridge, a Cherokee interpreter, by Charles Bird King (American, 1785 - 1862), published 1838. Compared to other indian portraits in tribal regalia, King's rendering of John Ridge appears to be different. King portrayed John Ridge in Anglo-American clothing, sitting at a desk with a document and pen in hand—hinting at Ridge’s education and career as tribal leader and politician. King was known for his realistic and sensitive renderings of his sitters, and his ability to capture their physical features and attire with dignity and attention to detail. Condition: Good; tonal aging due to age; previous mat tonal aging marks Presented in new conservation mat Paper size: 19.75"H X 14"W Image size: 15"H x 10"W Mat size:24"H x 16"W John Ridge received his education at Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, Connecticut and served as clerk of the Cherokee National Council. When King painted...

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1840s Hudson River School Art

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, An Ottowa Chief    Hand-Colored Lithograph
Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, An Ottowa Chief    Hand-Colored Lithograph

Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, An Ottowa Chief Hand-Colored Lithograph

By Charles Bird King

Located in Soquel, CA

KA-NA-PI-MA, AN OTTAWA CHIEF., from History of the Indian the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1842, hand-colored lithograph The lithograph by Charles Bird King depicts Ka-na-pi...

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1840s Hudson River School Art

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Marsh in Massachusetts, Oil on Board, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s
Marsh in Massachusetts, Oil on Board, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s

Marsh in Massachusetts, Oil on Board, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s

By William Stanley Haseltine

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

William Stanley Haseltine’s Marsh in Massachusetts, painted circa 1860s, is a refined and atmospheric oil on board that captures the quiet poetry of the New England landscape. Measur...

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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Hudson Highlands by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Hudson Highlands by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)

Hudson Highlands by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)

By Lockwood DeForest

Located in New York, NY

"Hudson Highlands," by Hudson River School painter Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932) is oil on artists card-stock and measures 9.5 x 14 inches. The work is framed in an elegant, period appropriate frame, and ready to hang. Lockwood de Forest was born in New York in 1850 to a prominent family. He grew up in Greenwich Village and on Long Island at the family summer estate in Cold Spring Harbor. As was customary for a cultivated family in the Gilded Age, the de Forests made frequent trips abroad. Excursions to the great museums, which were prominent on the de Forests agenda, deepened the young Lockwood's familiarity with European painting and sculpture. Though he had begun drawing and painting somewhat earlier, it was during a visit to Rome in 1868 that nineteen-year-old de Forest first began to study art seriously, taking painting lessons from the Italian landscapist Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905). More importantly, on the same trip, Lockwood met one of America’s most celebrated painters, (and his maternal great- uncle by marriage) Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), who quickly became his mentor. DeForest accompanied Church on sketching trips around Italy and continued this practice when they both returned to America in 1869. Early on in his career, de Forest made a habit of recording the date and often the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape painter can be primarily attributed to Frederic E. Church and his belief in the young artist’s talent. De Forest often visited Church in the Hudson River community of Catskill where, in addition to sketching trips and afternoons of painting, he assisted with the architectural drawings and planning of Olana. In 1872, de Forest took a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York. During these formative years de Forest counted among his friend’s artists such as Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80), George Henry Yewell (1830–1923), John Frederick Kensett (1816–72), Jervis McEntee (1828–91), and Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932). Over the next decade de Forest experienced success as a painter. He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1872, and made two more painting trips abroad, in 1875–76 and 1877–78, traveling to the major continental capitals but also the Middle East and North Africa. His trip to the Middle East and the library at Church’s home, Olana, established his interest in design during his mid-twenties. From about 1878 to 1902, landscape painting was overshadowed by his activities and preoccupation with East Indian architecture and décor, a style that became quite fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler...

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19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Oil, Board

“View of Mount Shasta, California”
“View of Mount Shasta, California”

“View of Mount Shasta, California”

By George Douglas Brewerton

Located in Southampton, NY

Original pastel on heavy card stock (made in Paris) by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas Brewerton. A view of Mount Shasta in Northern California. Signed lower left. Circa 1880. Condition is excellent. The artwork is housed in its original scroll decorated frame. Overall framed measurements are 33.25 by 19 inches. Provenance: A East Coast Florida estate. George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...

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1870s Hudson River School Art

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Mount Washington,  New Hampshire
Mount Washington,  New Hampshire

Mount Washington, New Hampshire

By Edmund Darch Lewis

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) Mount Washington, New Hampshire 50 x 58 inches, signed & dated 1859 Description The area near Mount Washington in New Hampshire was visited by m...

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1850s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)

New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)

By Lockwood DeForest

Located in New York, NY

"New England Sunrise," 1910 by Hudson River School painter Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932) is oil on artists card-stock and measures 9.75 x 14 inches. The work is signed by DeForest and dated Sept. 17, 1910 at lower left. The work is framed in an elegant, period appropriate frame, and ready to hang. Lockwood de Forest was born in New York in 1850 to a prominent family. He grew up in Greenwich Village and on Long Island at the family summer estate in Cold Spring Harbor. As was customary for a cultivated family in the Gilded Age, the de Forests made frequent trips abroad. Excursions to the great museums, which were prominent on the de Forests agenda, deepened the young Lockwood's familiarity with European painting and sculpture. Though he had begun drawing and painting somewhat earlier, it was during a visit to Rome in 1868 that nineteen-year-old de Forest first began to study art seriously, taking painting lessons from the Italian landscapist Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905). More importantly, on the same trip, Lockwood met one of America’s most celebrated painters, (and his maternal great- uncle by marriage) Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), who quickly became his mentor. DeForest accompanied Church on sketching trips around Italy and continued this practice when they both returned to America in 1869. Early on in his career, de Forest made a habit of recording the date and often the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape painter can be primarily attributed to Frederic E. Church and his belief in the young artist’s talent. De Forest often visited Church in the Hudson River community of Catskill where, in addition to sketching trips and afternoons of painting, he assisted with the architectural drawings and planning of Olana. In 1872, de Forest took a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York. During these formative years de Forest counted among his friend’s artists such as Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80), George Henry Yewell (1830–1923), John Frederick Kensett (1816–72), Jervis McEntee (1828–91), and Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932). Over the next decade de Forest experienced success as a painter. He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1872, and made two more painting trips abroad, in 1875–76 and 1877–78, traveling to the major continental capitals but also the Middle East and North Africa. His trip to the Middle East and the library at Church’s home, Olana, established his interest in design during his mid-twenties. From about 1878 to 1902, landscape painting was overshadowed by his activities and preoccupation with East Indian architecture and décor, a style that became quite fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler...

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Early 20th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Early Antique American School New England Sunset Sailboat Marine Oil Painting
Early Antique American School New England Sunset Sailboat Marine Oil Painting

Early Antique American School New England Sunset Sailboat Marine Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Up for sale here is a really impressive mid 19th century painting. Very fine quality and great color! Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 13 by 17.

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1850s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910), Oil on Canvas
"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910), Oil on Canvas

"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910), Oil on Canvas

By Daniel Folger Bigelow

Located in Portland, OR

"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (July 22, 1823 - July 14, 1910), Oil on Canvas, signed D. F. Bigelow lower right corner. An American painter active in New England an...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountains & Stream Landscape, Signed
Early 20th Century Sierra Mountains & Stream Landscape, Signed

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountains & Stream Landscape, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

1920s Connecticut Mountains & Stream Oil Painting Landscape, Signed "L. Hamilton" Scenic Connecticut Mountains landscape with stream in foreground with a small waterfall capture...

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Early 1900s Hudson River School Art

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands
St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands Wood engraving, 1868 Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1868 Titled and signed in the block Image size: 13 5/8 x 9 inches C...

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1860s Hudson River School Art

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Engraving

Cows Grazing in Field
Cows Grazing in Field

Cows Grazing in Field

By George Wright

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This serene Hudson River School painting by George Wright captures a peaceful moment of pastoral life, where three cows rest and graze under a wide, luminous sky. The composition gen...

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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sheep in Pasture
Sheep in Pasture

Sheep in Pasture

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

George Riecke (1848–1930) Pastoral Landscape with Sheep Oil on canvas, 26 × 46 inches (32 × 52 inches framed) Signed lower right George Riecke’s pastora...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Forest Sentinel
Forest Sentinel

Forest Sentinel

By Erik Koeppel

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Erik Koeppel (American, b. 1980) Forest Sentinel Oil on panel, 10 × 8 inches (sight) 16 × 14 inches (framed) Signed lower right; additionally signed and dated 2024 on the verso A fi...

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2010s Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Santa Clara Cuba Antique Tropical Framed Palm Tree River Landscape Oil Painting
Santa Clara Cuba Antique Tropical Framed Palm Tree River Landscape Oil Painting

Santa Clara Cuba Antique Tropical Framed Palm Tree River Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Cuban impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil painting circa 1890. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 16 inches overall, and 12 by 9 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Woodland Tranquility
Woodland Tranquility

Woodland Tranquility

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Henry Walcott Boss (American, 1820-1916) Woodland Tranquility Oil on canvas, signed “Boss” lower right & dated 1896 In Woodland Tranquility, Henry Walcott Boss offers a masterfully ...

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1890s Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-19th Century Mountain Stream Oil Painting, Hudson River School
Mid-19th Century Mountain Stream Oil Painting, Hudson River School

Mid-19th Century Mountain Stream Oil Painting, Hudson River School

By Henry Boese

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

In Mountain Stream, Henry Boese presents a majestic and serene vision of the American wilderness. A crisp, rushing stream flows through the heart of the composition, cascading over r...

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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Interior of a Stable" William Hart, Hudson River School Antique, Boy and Horse
"Interior of a Stable" William Hart, Hudson River School Antique, Boy and Horse

"Interior of a Stable" William Hart, Hudson River School Antique, Boy and Horse

By William Hart

Located in New York, NY

William M. Hart (1823 - 1894) Interior of a Stable Oil on canvas 17 x 12 inches Provenance William Macbeth Gallery, New York Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan Collection Christie's New York, Sporting Art, November 28, 1995, Lot 116 Ann Carter Stonesifer, Maryland Estate of above Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, January 27 2018, Lot 777 Exhibited New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, April 24 - October 29, 1939, no. 123, illustrated. New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1892: Sixtieth Anniversary Exhibition, April 1952, p. 5, no. 18. Literature Turner Reuter Jr, Animal and Sporting Artists in America, Middleburg, Virginia, 2008, p. 306. Gary Stiles, William Hart: Catalogue Raisonné and Artistic Biography, no. 1126, illustrated. It should be noted that the Francis Patrick Garvan and Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan collection, of which this painting was a part of, was one of the foremost American Art collections and now makes up a large part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery collections. Born in 1823 in Paisley, Scotland, William Hart emigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of nine and settled in Albany, New York. It was here that Hart first began his artistic training when he was placed under the tutelage of Messrs, Eaton & Gilbert, the prestigious coach-makers from Troy, New York. During this time, Hart learned how to decorate coach panels, covering them with either landscapes or figurative compositions. At the age of seventeen, he was eagerly contemplating an artist’s profession. Consequently, he left the mechanical trade of coach-making and began expanding his artistic pursuits to more refined endeavors. Hart followed coach-making with decorating window shades and later developed an interest in portraiture. Around 1840, he established his first formal studio in his father’s woodshed in Troy. There, he created many likenesses of individuals, affording him a nominal income. Once, he remarked that he felt prouder over his first fee of five dollars for painting a head then for the larger sums he would command later in his career. Nevertheless, his wages from portraits during this early period proved insufficient. Thus, he expanded into landscape painting, allowing him to barter his works or sell them for modest prices. In 1842, Hart moved to Michigan in an attempt to further his success; portraiture remained his primary means of support. Unfortunately, his experiences in the West were disappointing. Hart spent three years living a rough existence until he finally returned to Albany in 1845. Upon his return, he fully devoted himself to the art of landscape painting. Despite his failing health, he worked diligently to perfect his skill until 1849 when he traveled abroad to his native land of Scotland. This trip was made possible through the generosity of his patron and advisor, Dr. Ormsby of Albany. For three years, he studied in the open-air, creating brilliant sketches of the Scottish Highlands and the surrounding British Isles. Returning to Albany once more in 1852, Hart enjoyed improved health and was reinvigorated with purpose. The following year, he moved to New York and opened a studio, promoting himself as a specialist in landscape painting. Hart became a regular contributor to the National Academy of Design. His works received a great deal of attention from artists and connoisseurs alike, all of whom praised him for his fresh, self-taught style. In 1855, he was designated as an associate of the National Academy of Design; three years later he was elected to Academician. In 1865, he was unanimously chosen to be the first president of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. It was during his tenure there that he delivered his famous lecture The Field and Easel, which emphasized the distinguishing principles of landscape art in America. Hart argued that landscape painters should express the “look of the place” being depicted.Critics during the 1870s noted his sensitive balance between capturing a strict “real” interpretation of nature and that of a more “ideal” sentimental tone. For instance, in 1869, Putnam Magazine noted that Hart brought back “exquisite studies” of the surrounding Tappan...

Category

19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset Landscape, 1868
Sunset Landscape, 1868

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 Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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