Historical Marker
Woodhaven Library
Historical marker location:
85-41 Forest Parkway, Woodhaven, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Forest Parkway and 85th Drive, on the right when traveling north on Forest Parkway.)
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.