Historical Marker
Locust Vale School
Historical marker location:
Guilderland, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Altamont Road (New York State Route 156) and Meadowdale Road (County Route 202), on the right when traveling west on Altamont Road.)
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.