Hudson River School Art Trail (1)
I discovered that of all the landscape paintings I love the Hudson River School paintings the best. After all, I live by the Hudson River and the originating place of the Hudson River School is in Catskill, just 1.5 hours drive from our house.
I decided to pay a visit to the house of Thomas Cole (1801 --- 1848), the founder of the Hudson River School.
The house is located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill, New York, 12414, now it is called Cedar Grove, The Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
Main House at Cedar Grove at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
The magnificent view of the Catskill Mountain range from Thomas Cole's porch.
The following are just a few of the many paintings of the Catskill mountains.
View Near the Village of Catskill, Thomas Cole, 1827.
View on the Catskill --- Early Autumn, Thomas Cole, 1838.
River in the Catskill, Thomas Cole, 1843.
Sunset at Catskill, Frederic Edwin Church.
I am pleasantly surprised to see Thomas Cole's collection of minerals.
A very interesting color wheel Thomas Cole used.
Thomas Cole's old studio.
Crossing the RIP Van Winkle Bridge to the east side of the Hudson River. Heading towards Olana, the home and workplace of Frederic Edwin Church, a former student of Thomas Cole and a leading Hudson River School artist. It was built high on a hill and offers panoramic vistas of the Hudson River Valley. Unfortunately by the time we got there it was raining heavily, so we decided to skip this site and drove back to the west side of the river to the Catskill Creek.
Catskill Creek.
The following are a few of the many paintings of the Creek.
Catskill Creek. Thomas Cole, 1845.
Sunset at Catskill Creek, Thomas Cole, 1833.
Scene on Catskill Creek, Frederic Edwin Church, 1847.
The Catskill Creek, July - August, Frederic Edwin Church, 1845.
View over the Hudson River from the west bank.
