Pioneer Site

Historical marker location:

Sherwood, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Route 34B and Sherwood Road (County Route 42B), on the left when traveling south on Route 34B.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.