Historical Marker
Donald Cook Square
Historical marker location:
Brooklyn, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Parkway and MacDonald Avenue on Fort Hamilton Parkway.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.