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Commonly referred to as the kickstarter for the Hudson River School that focused on landscapes from the Hudson River Valley, Thomas Cole was a first generation Hudson River Valley artist that discarded the belief that only "history, allegory, portraiture and religion" were the proper topics for professional artists.
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While the Hudson River School never had an institute or "written guidelines, membership lists, regular meeting times, etc.," they were a collective group of artists of the same mindset. Despite the misleading title, it was arguably coined by a critic chiding the artists for staying in mainly a single region.
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Completion of Home by the Lake, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1852. Oil on canvas.
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During this time, Albert Bierstadt created Indians Fishing, though it isn't dated. Oil on paper mounted on canvas.
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William Trost Richards completes Along the Shore, oil on canvas. This is a rather large piece, spanning 39.1875 x 78.5 inches.
