Fording Place

Historical marker location:

Rosendale, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of New York State Route 32 and Lower James Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 32.)

Marker installed: 1935

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.