Historical Marker
John McCrea
Historical marker location:
Gansevoort, New York
( Marker is on West River Road (County Route 29) 1 mile north of Peters Road, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1938
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.