Henry Hudson

Historical marker location:

353 Broadway, Albany, New York

( Marker is on Broadway (New York State Route 5) north of Hudson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

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.