List of Hudson River School artists

This is an incomplete List of Hudson River School Artists. The Hudson River School was a mid-19th-century American art movement by a group of landscape painters, whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. Their paintings depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, as well as the Catskill Mountains, Adirondack Mountains, and White Mountains of New Hampshire. Note that "school" in this sense refers to a group of people whose outlook, inspiration, output, or style demonstrates a common thread, rather than a learning institution.

Besides the artists listed below, many women artists were associated with the Hudson River School. Included in this list are the following: Susie M. Barstow, an avid mountain-climber who painted the mountain scenery of the Catskills and the White Mountains; Eliza Pratt Greatorex, an Irish-born painter who was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Design; Julie Hart Beers, who led sketching expeditions in the Hudson Valley region before moving to a New York City art studio with her daughters; Harriet Cany Peale, who studied with then married fellow painter Rembrandt Peale; and Mary Blood Mellen, a student and collaborator with the luminist Fitz H. Lane.

List

Artist Name	Portrait	Famous Work	Birth	Death	Description
Charles Baker			1839	1888	An American landscape painter of the Hudson River School. He painted idyllic landscape paintings of an early American wilderness and the scenic vistas of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. He exhibited at the National Academy from 1839 to 1873 and at the American Art-Union in 1847. He was deeply influenced by the dramatic work of Thomas Cole and painted in a romantic style clearly tied to Cole’s sublime aesthetic. He was one of the founders of the Art League of New York.
Albert Bierstadt			7 January 1830	18 February 1902	A German-American painter best known for his large, detailed landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter of these scenes for the remainder of the 19th century.
Alfred Thompson Bricher			10 April 1837	30 September 1908	An American artist, one of the last painters in Hudson River school, known for his exploration of the effects of light and how it reflected, refracted, and absorbed on landscapes and seascapes.
John William Casilear			25 June 1811	17 August 1893	An engraver who was encouraged to take up painting by Asher Durand
Frederic Edwin Church			4 May 1826	7 April 1900	A student of Thomas Cole, he became a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. Church is perhaps best known for painting large panoramic landscapes, often depicting dramatic natural phenomena, with emphasis on light and a romantic respect for natural detail. In his later years, Church painted classical European and Middle Eastern cityscapes. He created many of his works at Olana.
Thomas Cole			1 February 1801	11 February 1848	Commonly acknowledged as the founder of the Hudson River School, he painted scenes near his home in Catskill, New York
Samuel Colman			4 March 1832	26 March 1920	A National Academician whose landscapes show the influence of the Hudson River School, he is believed to have studied under Asher Durand.
Jasper Francis Cropsey			18 February 1823	23 April 1900	A first-generation member of the Hudson River School, he painted autumn landscapes that startled viewers with their boldness and brilliance. As an artist, he believed landscapes were the highest art form and that nature was a direct manifestation of God.
Thomas Doughty			19 July 1793	22 July 1856	The first American artist to work exclusively as a landscapist and was successful both for his skill and the fact that Americans were turning their interest to landscape.
Asher Brown Durand			21 August 1796	17 September 1886	An engraver who took up landscape painting, he is particularly remembered for his detailed portrayals of trees, rocks, and foliage, especially with his masterpiece, Kindred Spirits. He also mentored and encouraged many other more junior artists.
Robert Duncanson			1821	21 December 1872	An African American artist painting before and during the Civil War whose landscapes were influenced by the Hudson River School
Sanford Robinson Gifford			10 July 1823	29 August 1880	One of the leading members of the Hudson River School. Gifford's landscapes are known for their emphasis on light and soft atmospheric effects, and he is regarded as a practitioner of Luminism, an offshoot style of the Hudson River School.
James McDougal Hart			10 May 1828	24 October 1901	A Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter of the Hudson River School. His older brother, William Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. Sister Julie Hart Beers (Kempson) was also a landscape artist of this school.
William Hart			31 March 1823	17 June 1894	A Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.
William Stanley Haseltine			11 June 1835	3 February 1900	An American painter and draftsman who was associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism. By 1859 he was installed in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City, then a central point for American landscape painters; also in the building were Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, and Worthington Whittredge, the latter two having befriended Haseltine in Europe.
Martin Johnson Heade			11 August 1819	4 September 1904	A prolific artist who painted many different subjects including landscapes. There are mixed views as to whether Heade is part of the Hudson River School or was only partially influenced by it. Regardless, he was friends with many of the more prominent members, including Church.
Hermann Ottomar Herzog			15 November 1831	6 February 1932	A German landscape painter who moved to Pennsylvania and painted subjects across the United States. He is considered a part of the Hudson River School, but typically painted a more realistic and less dramatic scene than Bierstadt or Church.
Thomas Hill			11 September 1829	30 June 1908	An English born painter, he moved to the United States at age 15. He produced many fine paintings of the California landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
David Johnson			1827	1908	A member of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. He was born in New York City, New York. He studied for two years at the antique school of the National Academy of Design. He also studied briefly with Jasper Francis Cropsey. Along with John Frederick Kensett and John William Casilear, he was best known for the development of Luminism.
John Frederick Kensett			22 March 1816	14 December 1872	Kensett is best known for his landscapes of upstate New York and New England and seascapes of coastal New Jersey, Long Island and New England. He is most closely associated with the so-called "second generation" of the Hudson River School.
Jervis McEntee			14 July 1828	27 January 1891	An American painter of the Hudson River School. He is a somewhat lesser-known figure of the 19th-century American art world, but was the close friend and traveling companion of several of the important Hudson River School artists.
Thomas Moran			12 February 1837	25 August 1926	An artist of the Hudson River School. Thomas Moran's vision of the Western landscape was critical to the creation of Yellowstone National Park. His pencil and watercolor field sketches and paintings captured the grandeur and documented the extraordinary terrain and natural features of the Yellowstone region.
Robert Walter Weir			18 June 1803	1 May 1889	Elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829, Robert Weir was an American artist associated with the Hudson River School. He was an instructor at the United States Military Academy for forty-two years, 1832-1874.
Worthington Whittredge			22 May 1820	25 February 1910	An American artist of the Hudson River School. He was a highly regarded artist of his time, and was friends with several leading Hudson River School artists including Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford. He traveled widely and excelled at landscape painting, many examples of which are now in major museums. He served as president of the National Academy of Design from 1874 to 1875.