Movement / style

Hudson River School

1825 – 1880

Americas

The first great school of American painting: monumental, light-filled landscapes of the wilderness of the New World.

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Selected works

Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill)
Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill) 1825
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge 1829
The Oxbow
The Oxbow 1836
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri 1845
Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits 1849
Niagara
Niagara 1857
Autumn - On the Hudson River
Autumn - On the Hudson River 1860
The Icebergs
The Icebergs 1861
A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)
A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) 1862
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak 1863
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California 1865
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis 1865
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie 1866
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Niagara Falls, from the American Side 1867
Lake George
Lake George 1869
Greenwood Lake
Greenwood Lake 1870
The Last of the Buffalo
The Last of the Buffalo 1888