Historical Marker
New Paltz
Historical marker location:
New Paltz, New York
( Marker is on Main Street (New York State Route 299) near North Front Street, on the right.)
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.