Five Brothers

Historical marker location:

Staten Island, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Port Richmond Avenue and Church Street, on the left when traveling north on Port Richmond Avenue.)

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.