Wilderness Lady

Historical marker location:

Saranac Lake, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of River Street and Church Street on River Street.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.