# The Hudson River School

East wing: The Nineteenth Century · hang 749 · 27 works

American landscape painters of the mid-1800s who made wilderness their grand subject.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [The Aegean Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-aegean-sea-met-10480), Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/the-aegean-sea-met-10480?hang=749)
2. [Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/above-tower-falls-yellowstone-si-saam-1958-5-3), Thomas Moran, 1872. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/above-tower-falls-yellowstone-si-saam-1958-5-3?hang=749)
3. [Mt. Katahdin from South Turner Mountain, Maine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mt-katahdin-from-south-turner-mountain-maine-si-chndm-1917-4-630-a), Frederic Edwin Church, 1877–78. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/mt-katahdin-from-south-turner-mountain-maine-si-chndm-1917-4-630-a?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Near Ariccia, Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/near-ariccia-italy-si-saam-2020-20-106), Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1868. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/near-ariccia-italy-si-saam-2020-20-106?hang=749)
5. [Lake George](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lake-george-met-11311), John Frederick Kensett, 1869. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/lake-george-met-11311?hang=749)
6. [Minerva Terrace, Yellowstone](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/minerva-terrace-yellowstone-nga-156720), Thomas Moran, 1872. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/minerva-terrace-yellowstone-nga-156720?hang=749)
7. [The Tetons, Shown from the Plain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-tetons-shown-from-the-plain-si-chndm-1917-17-65), Thomas Moran, August 28, 1879. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/the-tetons-shown-from-the-plain-si-chndm-1917-17-65?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Century Plant, Jamaica](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/century-plant-jamaica-si-chndm-1917-4-675-b), Frederic Edwin Church, May–September 1865. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/century-plant-jamaica-si-chndm-1917-4-675-b?hang=749)
9. [American Plains with Mountain Range in the Distance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/american-plains-with-mountain-range-in-the-distance-si-chndm-1917-17-15-a), Thomas Moran, before 1872. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/american-plains-with-mountain-range-in-the-distance-si-chndm-1917-17-15-a?hang=749)
10. [Niagara Falls by Moonlight](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/niagara-falls-by-moonlight-cma-148774), Frederic Edwin Church, probably 1856. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/niagara-falls-by-moonlight-cma-148774?hang=749)
11. [Mountains in Colorado](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mountains-in-colorado-si-saam-1967-136-6), John Frederick Kensett, 1870. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/mountains-in-colorado-si-saam-1967-136-6?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

12. [View near Newport](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-near-newport-cma-124771), John Frederick Kensett, 1860s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/view-near-newport-cma-124771?hang=749)
13. [Near Meadow Creek, Utah](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/near-meadow-creek-utah-si-chndm-1917-17-8), Thomas Moran, July 25, 1871. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/near-meadow-creek-utah-si-chndm-1917-17-8?hang=749)
14. [Gathering Storm](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/gathering-storm-si-hmsg-66-503), Albert Bierstadt, (c. 1857-1858). Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/gathering-storm-si-hmsg-66-503?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

15. [Eaton's Neck, Long Island](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/eaton-s-neck-long-island-met-11307), John Frederick Kensett, 1872. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/eaton-s-neck-long-island-met-11307?hang=749)
16. [Warwick Castle, England](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/warwick-castle-england-nga-73436), Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1857. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school/warwick-castle-england-nga-73436?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Impressionism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/impressionism?hang=749&via=continue) (53 works)
- [The Hudson River School, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/hudson-river-school?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiQjJnLTU3eTYifQ)