Gorge Guide

The Hudson River School, comprising two generations of artists inspired and influenced by the awesome beauty of America’s unspoiled wild areas, came to prominence during the 19^th and early 20^th century. Working between 1825 and 1915, primarily in the Hudson River Valley, the Catskill, Berkshire and White Mountains, and the newly opened West, the Hudson River School firmly established the first American landscape painting tradition. Their beautifully composed pastoral paintings are filled with dramatically lit mountains, waterfalls and old growth forests, which evoke an idealized and romantic landscape where humans and nature co-existed peacefully.

Drawn from the collection of Dr. Michel Hersen and Mrs. Victoria Hersen, Hudson River School Sojourn showcases 34 works by Hudson River School artists Jasper Francis Cropsey, Asher Brown Durand, William McDougal Hart, David Johnson, and Jervis McEntee, among others.