| Artist Name |
Portrait |
Famous Work |
Birth |
Death |
Description |
| Albert Bierstadt |
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7 January 1830 |
18 February 1902 |
A German-American painter best known for his large, detailed landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter of these scenes for the remainder of the 19th century. |
| John William Casilear |
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25 June 1811 |
17 August 1893 |
An engraver who was encouraged to take up painting by Asher Durand |
| Frederic Edwin Church |
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4 May 1826 |
7 April 1900 |
A well off student of Thomas Cole, he became a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works". He created many of his works at Olana. |
| Thomas Cole |
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1 February 1801 |
11 February 1848 |
Commonly acknowledged as the founder of the Hudson River School, he painted scenes near his home in Catskill, New York |
| Samuel Colman |
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4 March 1832 |
26 March 1920 |
A National Academician whose landscapes show the influence of the Hudson River School, he is believed to have studied under Asher Durand. |
| Jasper Francis Cropsey |
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18 February 1823 |
23 April 1900 |
A first-generation member of the Hudson River School, he painted autumn landscapes that startled viewers with their boldness and brilliance. As an artist, he believed landscapes were the highest art form and that nature was a direct manifestation of God. |
| Thomas Doughty |
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19 July 1793 |
22 July 1856 |
the first American artist to work exclusively as a landscapist and was successful both for his skill and the fact that Americans were turning their interest to landscape. |
| Asher Brown Durand |
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21 August 1796 |
17 September 1886 |
An engraver who took up landscape painting, he is particularly remembered for his detailed portrayals of trees, rocks, and foliage, especially with his masterpiece, Kindred Spirits. He also mentored and encouraged many other more junior artists. |
| Robert Duncanson |
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1822 |
21 December 1872 |
An African American artist painting before and during the Civil War whose landscapes were influenced by the Hudson River School |
| Sanford Robinson Gifford |
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10 July 1823 |
29 August 1880 |
One of the leading members of the Hudson River School. Gifford's landscapes are known for their emphasis on light and soft atmospheric effects, and he is regarded as a practitioner of Luminism, an offshoot style of the Hudson River School. |
| James McDougal Hart |
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10 May 1828 |
24 October 1901 |
A Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter of the Hudson River School. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. |
| William Hart |
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31 March 1823 |
17 June 1894 |
A Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. |
| William Stanley Haseltine |
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11 June 1835 |
3 February 1900 |
An American painter and draftsman who was associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism. By 1859 he was installed in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City, then a central point for American landscape painters; also in the building were Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, and Worthington Whittredge, the latter two having befriended Haseltine in Europe. |
| Martin Johnson Heade |
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11 August 1819 |
4 September 1904 |
A prolific artist who painted many different subjects including landscapes. There are mixed views as to whether Heade is part of the Hudson River School or was only partially influenced by it. Regardless, he was friends with many of the more prominent members, including Church. |
| Hermann Ottomar Herzog |
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15 November 1831 |
6 February 1932 |
A German landscape painter who moved to Pennsylvania and painted subjects across the United States. He is considered a part of the Hudson River School, but typically painted a more realistic and less dramatic scene than Bierstadt or Church. |
| Thomas Hill |
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11 September 1829 |
30 June 1908 |
An English born painter, he moved to the United States at age 15. He produced many fine paintings of the California landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire. |
| David Johnson |
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1827 |
1908 |
A member of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. He was born in New York City, New York. He studied for two years at the antique school of the National Academy of Design. He also studied briefly with Jasper Francis Cropsey. Along with John Frederick Kensett and John William Casilear, he was best known for the development of Luminism. |
| John Frederick Kensett |
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22 March 1816 |
14 December 1872 |
Kensett is best known for his landscapes of upstate New York and New England and seascapes of coastal New Jersey, Long Island and New England. He is most closely associated with the so-called "second generation" of the Hudson River School. |
| Jervis McEntee |
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14 July 1828 |
27 January 1891 |
An American painter of the Hudson River School. He is a somewhat lesser-known figure of the 19th century American art world, but was the close friend and traveling companion of several of the important Hudson River School artists. |
| Thomas Moran |
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12 February 1837 |
25 August 1926 |
an artist of the Hudson River School. Thomas Moran's vision of the Western landscape was critical to the creation of Yellowstone National Park. His pencil and watercolor field sketches and paintings captured the grandeur and documented the extraordinary terrain and natural features of the Yellowstone region. |
| Robert Walter Weir |
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18 June 1803 |
1 May 1889 |
He was an American artist of the Hudson River school, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829, and an instructor at the United States Military Academy. |
| Worthington Whittredge |
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22 May 1820 |
25 February 1910 |
An American artist of the Hudson River School. He was a highly regarded artist of his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford. He traveled widely and excelled at landscape painting, many examples of which are now in major museums. He served as president of the National Academy of Design from 1874 to 1875. |
