Hudson River School Autumn Landscapes: From Cropsey to Cole
Emerging in the mid-19th century, the Hudson River School marked the first significant art movement in the United States. In 1860, Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900) produced Autumn–On the Hudson River, which is now housed at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Around 1862, Thomas Moran (1837–1926) created Valley of the Catawissa in Autumn, currently located at the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) painted Waterville Pond in Autumn circa 1885, now displayed at the Schoelkopf Gallery in New York City. In 1873, Susie M. Barstow (1836–1923) crafted Mountain Lake in Autumn, from a private collection via the Thomas Cole National Historic Site. Laura Woodward (1834–1926) completed Autumn in 1878, which is at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. Thomas Cole (1801–1848) created two versions of Kaaterskill Falls in 1826, with one at Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut.
Key facts
- The Hudson River School was the first major American artistic movement, active from the mid-19th century.
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900) was known as 'The Painter of Autumn'; his Autumn–On the Hudson River (1860) is at the National Gallery, Washington, DC.
- Thomas Moran (1837–1926) painted Valley of the Catawissa in Autumn (c. 1862), now at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.
- Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) painted Waterville Pond in Autumn (c. 1885), depicting his property in Waterville, New York; it is at Schoelkopf Gallery, New York City.
- Susie M. Barstow (1836–1923) created Mountain Lake in Autumn (1873), held in a private collection and associated with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
- Laura Woodward (1834–1926) painted Autumn (1878), now at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD.
- Thomas Cole (1801–1848), a founder of the Hudson River School, made two versions of Kaaterskill Falls in 1826; one is at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, and the other is in a private collection.
- Hudson River School artists often traveled widely, from the Catskills and Adirondacks to South America and Europe, seeking unspoiled landscapes.
Entities
Artists
- Jasper Francis Cropsey
- Thomas Moran
- Albert Bierstadt
- Susie M. Barstow
- Laura Woodward
- Thomas Cole
- Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Asher Brown Durand
Institutions
- National Gallery
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Schoelkopf Gallery
- Thomas Cole National Historic Site
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Wadsworth Atheneum
- Harper's Magazine
- Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- New York Historical Society
- Artnet
Locations
- Hudson River
- New York State
- United States
- South America
- Europe
- Washington, DC
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- Catawissa
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna River
- Waterville
- New York City
- Maine
- Japan
- Florida
- Catskill Mountains
- Adirondack Mountains
- White Mountains
- New Hampshire
- Green Mountains
- Vermont
- Hartford
- Connecticut
- Baltimore
- Maryland
- New York
- USA
- Northampton
- Massachusetts
- NY
- California
- Yosemite
- Yellowstone
- Middle East
- Arctic
- Tropics
- England