Tag: Hudson River School
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Hudson River School Day
Thomas Cole and Frederick Edwin Church, the two most prominent Hudson River School painters, both had homes and studios in the Catskill area of New York. One summer day, I went up there to visit the two houses, which are now museums open to the public for tours. This was my experience.
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View from Mount Holyoke (The Oxbow) by Thomas Cole
Romanticist and landscape painter Thomas Cole was born in England but came to success in New York in the 1820s. He was a founder of the so-called Hudson River School. View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, is among Cole’s best-known works.
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Winter in Switzerland by Jasper Cropsey (December 7th)
Day seven of the Advent Calendar features a winter-themed landscape painting by Jasper Cropsey – a member of the Hudson River School.
