MEET THE ARTISTS: The Historic Hudson River School

Published: Mar 18, 2021

Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880), A Ledge in the Catskills

Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880), Study for “Morning in the Adirondacks, 1867”

 

Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910), Mountain Forest

Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910), Flood on the Delaware, 1880

 

William Trost Richards (1833–1905), The Evening Sea, Brigantine, Shoals

William Trost Richards (1833–1905), Moonrise over the Beach

 

John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872), New England Coastal Scene with Figures, 1864

John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872), Mount Chocorua

 

Jervis McEntee (1828–1891), Wooded Landscape, 1878

Jervis McEntee (1828–1891), Walking at Sunset

 

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), Island in the Hudson

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), Winter Scene, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1859

 

David Johnson (1827–1908), Passing Storm Clouds, 1869

David Johnson (1827–1908), Smith Farm, 1893

 

 

PHOTO CREDITS:
1. Sanford Robinson Gifford, ca. 1870. Sanford Robinson Gifford papers, 1840s-1900. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
2. M. Louise Green. Worthington Whittredge painting, ca. 1900. Worthington Whittredge papers, circa 1840s-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
3. William Trost Richards painting, ca. 1900. William Trost Richards papers, 1848-1920. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
4. John Frederick Kensett. Albumen silver print by Napoleon Sarony. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
5. George Gardner Rockwood and Napoleon Sarony. Copy portrait photograph of Jervis McEntee, 1978. [Artists’ portraits from Henry Tuckerman’s Book of the Artists…], circa 1865]-1867, undated. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
6. Jasper Francis Cropsey. Albumen silver print by Napoleon Sarony. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
7. David Johnson, 1860s. Albumen silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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