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art movements
Hudson River School
(from 1825 to 1875)
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The name given to a number of American landscape painters working between 1825-1875, inspired by their pride in the beauty of their homeland. The three founders, and probably the most important figures were Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty and Asher B Durand.
The patriotic spirit of the painters of The Hudson River School won them great popularity in the middle of 19th Century
In addition to Thomas Cole, the best-known practioners of this style were Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt and Jasper Francis Cropsey.
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