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Hudson River school

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Hudson River school
n.
A group of American landscape painters active from about 1825 to 1875 whose works, influenced by European Romanticism, depict the beauty and grandeur of areas such as the Hudson River Valley, the Catskill Mountains, and Niagara Falls.
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Noun1.Hudson River school - the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England
romantic realism
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles


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The heroic scale (each projection is approximately ten by fifteen feet), promontory viewpoint, and lack of movement give the work the aura of a Hudson River School canvas.
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The area is also famous for its waterfalls, views and vistas and was the focus of early literary figures and the artists of the famed Hudson River School of Painters.
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