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Definition of Hudson River school
1. Noun. The first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hudson River School
Literary usage of Hudson River school
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art Treasures of Washington: An Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art by Helen Weston Henderson (1912)
"The fragmentary group of portrait painters who survived the decline of the English
bred artists, the so-called Hudson River school of landscape painters, ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Hudson River school OF PAINTING. So called from the work produced by a number of
American artists who found their subjects largely in the neighborhood of ..."
3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"Hudson River school OF PAINTING. So called from the work produced by a number of
American artists who found their subjects largely in the neighborhood of ..."
4. Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Publications: A Collection of Pamphlets ...by George Frederick Kunz by George Frederick Kunz (1917)
"It began with the rise and popularity of the Hudson River school of American
landscape painters. This group is strikingly represented in the current ..."
5. Annual Report by Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) (1854)
"... RJ, for 1st Ward School Festival $5 00 " " Hudson River school 500 " " East
... 5 00 " " First Ward School 25 00 " " Hudson River school 2500 " " 100 00 ..."
6. Hudson-Fulton Exhibition: Made by the New York Public Library (Lenox Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"S. Isham, in his "History of American painting" (NY, 1905), p. 235, speaking of
the "Hudson River school " of American painters, ..."
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