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The Hudson River School (view source)
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'''The Hudson River School''' was not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. [[Thomas Cole]] (1801-1848) is acknowledged as the founder of this movement. The movement was fueled by the poetry of [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] (1803-1882) and by the conviction that [[God]] had given the American people an abundance of natural resources as a source of wealth and prosperity. Cole's close friend, [[Asher Brown Durand|Asher Durand]] was also a prominent figure in the school. Durand believed that nature was an ineffable manifestation of God.
The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting.
<gallery>
File:Cole The Clove Catskills 1827.jpg|Cole, The Clove Catskills, 1827.
File:Durand Pastoral Landscape 1861.jpg|Durand, Pastoral Landscape, 1861.
File:Bierstadt Looking Down Yosemite-Valley 1865.jpg|[[Albert Bierstadt]], Looking Down Yosemite-Valley, 1865.
File:Thomas Moran Shoshone Falls Idaho 1875 PD.jpg|[[Thomas Moran]], Shoshone Falls, Idaho, 1875.
</gallery>
== External links ==
*[http://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/gallery-tours-the-hudson-river-school/#more-980 The Hudson River School.]
*[http://www.ethnicpaintings.com/painting-by-themes/american-landscape-painting.html American Landscape Painting.]
[[Category:Painting]]
The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting.
<gallery>
File:Cole The Clove Catskills 1827.jpg|Cole, The Clove Catskills, 1827.
File:Durand Pastoral Landscape 1861.jpg|Durand, Pastoral Landscape, 1861.
File:Bierstadt Looking Down Yosemite-Valley 1865.jpg|[[Albert Bierstadt]], Looking Down Yosemite-Valley, 1865.
File:Thomas Moran Shoshone Falls Idaho 1875 PD.jpg|[[Thomas Moran]], Shoshone Falls, Idaho, 1875.
</gallery>
== External links ==
*[http://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/gallery-tours-the-hudson-river-school/#more-980 The Hudson River School.]
*[http://www.ethnicpaintings.com/painting-by-themes/american-landscape-painting.html American Landscape Painting.]
[[Category:Painting]]