Historical Marker
1624-1924
Historical marker location:
24 Eagle Street, Albany, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Eagle Street and Corning Place on Eagle Street.)
Marker installed: 1924
The Hudson River School of painting, which was a 19th-century art movement that focused on landscapes and the natural world, was founded in New York State. Some of its most famous artists, such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church, lived and worked in the Hudson River Valley.