Historical Marker
On This Site
Historical marker location:
10 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Market Street.)
Marker installed: 1991
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.