Hudson River School

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American art movement art movement landscape painting movement

The Hudson River School was a 19th-century American art movement known for its romantic, idealized landscape paintings that celebrated the natural beauty and emerging national identity of the United States.

Aliases (10)

Hudson River School paintings ×7
Hudson River School art ×2
Hudson River School painters ×2
Luminism ×2
Hudson River School (early influence) ×1
Hudson River School canon ×1
Hudson River School era ×1
Hudson River School landscape painting ×1
Hudson River School landscape tradition ×1
Second Generation Hudson River School ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American art movement → art movement → landscape painting movement →
artisticStyle	idealized landscape painting → romantic landscape painting →
associatedWithConcept	American exceptionalism → Manifest Destiny → pastoral ideal → sublime in nature →
characteristic	detailed naturalism → dramatic light effects → emphasis on untouched wilderness → panoramic compositions → symbolic use of landscape →
country	United States →
declinePeriod	late 19th century →
founder	Thomas Cole →
genre	landscape art →
hasNotableMember	Albert Bierstadt → Asher Brown Durand → Frederic Edwin Church → George Inness → Jasper Francis Cropsey → John Frederick Kensett → Sanford Robinson Gifford → Thomas Cole →
inception	mid-19th century →
influenced	American landscape painting → Luminism → later American environmental aesthetics →
influencedBy	Barbizon School → Claude Lorrain → European Romanticism → J. M. W. Turner →
legacy	inspiration for American conservation movement → major contribution to American cultural identity →
locationOfOrigin	New York City art circles → New York State →
mainRegionDepicted	Adirondack Mountains → American West → Catskill Mountains → Hudson River Valley → New England →
movement	Romanticism →
namedAfter	Hudson River →
notableFor	celebration of natural beauty → depictions of the American wilderness → emphasis on American national identity →
patronage	emerging American middle class → wealthy New York collectors →
relatedMovement	Second Generation Hudson River School →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (64)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Bierstadt → Asher B. Durand → Aurora Borealis (painting) → Cotopaxi (painting) → El Rio de Luz → Frederic Edwin Church → Frederic Edwin Church → Frederic Edwin Church → George Caleb Bingham → George Inness ("Hudson River School (early influence)") → Jasper Francis Cropsey → Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives → John Frederick Kensett → Morning in the Tropics → Our Banner in the Sky → Rainy Season in the Tropics → Sanford Robinson Gifford → The Heart of the Andes → The Icebergs → The Natural Bridge, Virginia → The Voyage of Life → The Voyage of Life: Old Age → Thomas Cole → Twilight in the Wilderness →	movement
Aurora Borealis (painting) → Cotopaxi (painting) → The Heart of the Andes → The Natural Bridge, Virginia → The Voyage of Life: Manhood → Twilight in the Wilderness →	genre
Asher B. Durand ("Hudson River School painters") → Düsseldorf school of painting → Hudson River School ("Luminism") → Thomas Cole ("Hudson River School painters") →	influenced
Isabel Carnes Church → Locust Grove Estate ("Hudson River School era") → Olana Partnership →	associatedWith
Sanford Robinson Gifford ("Hudson River School paintings") → Thomas Cole → Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ("Hudson River School paintings") →	notableFor
Olana → Olana State Historic Site →	associatedWithArtMovement
Hudson River Museum ("Hudson River School art") → Olana Partnership ("Hudson River School art") →	focusesOn
Heckscher Museum of Art ("Hudson River School paintings") → Olana State Historic Site ("Hudson River School paintings") →	hasCollection
El Rio de Luz ("Hudson River School canon") → Rainy Season in the Tropics ("Hudson River School paintings") →	partOf
The Voyage of Life: Manhood ("Hudson River School landscape tradition") →	artisticSchool
The Heart of the Andes ("Luminism") →	artStyle
American Romanticism →	associatedArtMovement
Tenth Street Studio Building →	associatedMovement
El Rio de Luz →	creatorMovement
Thomas Cole →	founded
The Natural Bridge, Virginia →	hasArtisticSchool
Addison Gallery of American Art ("Hudson River School paintings") →	hasCollectionStrength
Albany Institute of History and Art ("Hudson River School paintings") →	hasNotableCollection
Catskill Mountains →	historicallyAssociatedWith
George Inness →	influencedBy
Kaaterskill Falls →	inspiredArtMovement
Hudson River School ("Second Generation Hudson River School") →	relatedMovement
American Romantic nationalism →	relatedTo
Olana ("Hudson River School landscape painting") →	significantFor
Isabel Carnes Church →	spouseMovement