Different Views in Hudson River School Paintings In 1869 twin brothers Albert

In 1869 twin brothers Albert and Alfred Smiley purchased a rough-and-tumble ten-room inn and 280 acres of surrounding land on the shores of Lake Mohonk in the wild and isolated Shawangunk Mountains

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connecting the Atlantic with the American heartland via the Great Lakes

Hudson Valley native Andrew Jackson Downing

Different Views in Hudson River School Paintings In 1869 twin brothers AlbertAuthor: Judith Hanson O'Toole Hudson River School artists shared an awe of the magnificence of nature as well as a belief that the untamed American scenery reflected the national character. In this work, color reproductions of more than 115 paintings capture the beauty and illuminate the aesthetic and philosophical principles of the Hudson River School painters. The pieces included in this volume reflect a period (1825 1875) when American landscape