Curated OER
Antebellum American Art
Dividing the art of the Antebellum period into several different genres, this vibrant presentation is sure to get your students' attention. It takes your students on a walk through an art museum with famous paintings, architecture, and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Roots of Preservation: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Hudson River School
Essay on Emerson, Thoreau and the Hudson River School and the legacy it left. Section for guiding student discussion and scholar's debate.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "View of Schroon Mountain After a Storm"
"View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838" in an oil painting on canvis by Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848), founder of the art movement known as the Hudson River School
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hudson River School
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Hudson River School of American artists. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Hudson River School
Survey the career and paintings of the Hudson River School in American painting (1835-1870).
Huntington Library
Huntington L Ibrary: American Art: Federic Edwin Church: Chimborazo (1864)
The painting, Chimborazo, by Frederic E. Church depicts the natural beauty of Ecuador, one of the places this artist traveled to. As explained in this article, it provides an example of landscape art of the 19th century.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Sanford Robinson Gifford
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Sanford Robinson Gifford is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his connections to the Hudson River school.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Cole
Profiles the life and career of Thomas Cole, an Anglo-American landscape painter who was a founder of the Hudson River School.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Albert Bierstadt
Biographical account covers the life and career of Albert Bierstadt, a German-American landscape painter.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Doughty
Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Doughty, American landscape painter who was associated with the Hudson River School.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: George Inness
Biographical account covers the life and career of George Inness, American landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School.