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== The Nineteenth Century ==

== The Nineteenth Century ==

Portraiture was also important but [[landscape|landscapes]] and folk customs began to express in this period. The first painting school of American art was the Hudson River of landscape painters ([[The Hudson River School]] style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting); [[Asher Brown Durand]] (1796-1886) and  [[Thomas Cole]] (1801-1848) were prominent artists of this School. [[Frederic Edwin Church]] (1826 – 1900) was also a landscape painter. He was a central figure in this Hudson River School. [[Albert Bierstadt]] was also part of the Hudson River School (not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters).  

Portraiture was also important but [[landscape|landscapes]] and folk customs began to express in this period. The first painting school of American art was the Hudson River of landscape painters ([[The Hudson River School]] style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting); [[Asher Brown Durand]] (1796-1886) and  [[Thomas Cole]] (1801-1848) were prominent artists of this School. [[Frederic Edwin Church]] (1826 – 1900) was also a landscape painter. He was a central figure in this Hudson River School. [[Albert Bierstadt]] was also part of the Hudson River School (not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters). [[William Morris Hunt]] (1824 – 1879) a [[Barbizon School]]/Tonalist painter trained with [[Jean-François Millet]] started the American Barbizon School in Boston.

[[Image:Cole Ruined Tower.jpg|thumb|Ruined Tower by Thomas Cole, ca. 1832-36]]

[[Image:Cole Ruined Tower.jpg|thumb|Ruined Tower by Thomas Cole, ca. 1832-36]]  

{{cquote|By the 1830s, landscape painting had become the vehicle for depicting a national identity. Throughout the rest of the century, the depiction of the American land took a variety of forms - as mysterious and sublime wilderness, a new territory requiring scientific documentation, the pioneers' territorial and natural destiny, or as the individual's private retreat. <ref> [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/4aa/4aa545.htm Masterpieces of American Art] </ref>}}

{{cquote|By the 1830s, landscape painting had become the vehicle for depicting a national identity. Throughout the rest of the century, the depiction of the American land took a variety of forms - as mysterious and sublime wilderness, a new territory requiring scientific documentation, the pioneers' territorial and natural destiny, or as the individual's private retreat. <ref> [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/4aa/4aa545.htm Masterpieces of American Art] </ref>}}