Historical Marker

River Docks

Historical marker location:
Bear Mountain, New York
( Marker can be reached from New York State Route 9 W, on the right when traveling north.)

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.