Landscape with Sheep
By Asher Brown Durand
Located in New York, NY
Asher B. Durand was one of the leaders of the first generation of Hudson River School painters, along with his friend, Thomas Cole.
Canvas, Oil
The Brook in the Woods
By Worthington Whittredge
Located in New York, NY
He took much stylistic inspiration from his Hudson River School colleagues including John Frederick Kensett, Asher B. Durand, and George Inness. In The Brook in the Woods, Whittredge...
Oil
Untitled Landscape by Alfred Schlugg; Framed, 36.5" x 46.75" x 4"; Greens, Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The composition and use of color, alongside the realist technique, is reminiscent of the notable Hudson River School painter Asher B. Durand who was most prominent in the mid to late...
Canvas, Oil
On the Hudson, 19th Century Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting, Framed
By John Bunyan Bristol
Located in New York, NY
Bristol’s style followed that of the Hudson River School painters often described as Luminists; his attention to detail and exquisite use of color depicted lighting in a way that was...
Canvas, Oil
Boating, Early Autumn Oil Painting, Hudson River School, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Meeker (1827–1887) studied at the National Academy of Design under Asher B. Durand before settling in St. Louis, where he became one of the leading painters of the Southern landscape.
Oil
Picnic on the Hudson
By Worthington Whittredge
Located in New York, NY
He had returned from Europe and embarked upon a series of sketching and painting trips along the Hudson River. The work of Asher B. Durand had a fresh and crucial impact on Whittred...
Canvas, Oil
"Mending the Nets at Sunset" James Brade Sword, Atmospheric, Hudson River School
By James Brade Sword
Located in New York, NY
He traveled across the nation for sketching trips, visiting places such as the Green Mountains in Vermont, the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania, Bar Harbor in Maine, and Lake Geor...
Canvas, Oil
“View of Switzerland”
By John William Casilear
Located in Southampton, NY
Like his fellow Hudson River School landscapists Asher B. Durand and John F. Kensett, he worked as an engraver before turning to painting.
Oil, Fiberboard
Mountain Landscape
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Born in New York City in 1811, Casilear trained initially as an engraver under Asher B. Durand, whose influence shaped both his technical precision and his sensitivity to atmospheric...
Canvas, Oil
THE CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE
By James Smillie
Located in Portland, ME
Engraving after the painting by Asher B. Durand, 1845. Printed on cream-colored wove paper. 13 1/8 x 17 inches 333 x 431 mm.
Engraving
Alfred Copestick, Fort Hamilton from the Narrows, New York, 1857
Located in Queens, NY
The romantic skies and dramatic contrasts suggest the impact of the Hudson River School, particularly the legacy of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, whose landscapes balanced grandeu...
Canvas, Oil
Alfred Copestick, Coastal Scene: New York, Oil on Canvas, 1857
Located in Queens, NY
The Hudson River School, led by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, and later Frederic Edwin Church, emphasized sublime nature and sweeping skies, themes that resonate strongly in Copestic...
Canvas, Oil
Mickalene Thomas, Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien official COA S/N, Framed
By Mickalene Thomas
Located in New York, NY
Thomas has been awarded multiple prizes and grants, including the USA Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz Fellow (2015); Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2013); Brooklyn Museum Asher...
Laid Paper, Permanent Marker, Digital Pigment
Flowers
By Julian Alden Weir
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
His father introduced him to leading figures in the Hudson River School, including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, and Frederic Church. His half-brother, John Ferguson Weir, also exp...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.
The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.
The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).
Adding a landscape painting to your home can introduce peace and serenity within the confines of your own space. (Some may think of it as an aspirational window of sorts rather than a canvas.) Abstract landscape paintings by the likes of Korean painter Seungyoon Choi or Georgia-based artist Katherine Sandoz, on the other hand, bring pops of color and movement into a room. These landscapes refuse to serve as a background. Elsewhere, Adam Straus’s technology-inspired paintings highlight how our extreme involvement with our devices has removed us from the glory of the world around us. Influenced by modern life and steeped in social commentary, Straus’s landscape paintings make us see our surroundings anew.
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