Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Northeastern Naturalist, 2004 by Eddy, Stephen

Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Elizabeth M. Kornhauser. 2003. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 169 pp. $45, hardcover. ISBN 0300101163. During the mid-ninteenth century, painters of the American landscape produced a body of work collectively known as the Hudson River School.

These gorgeous and inspirational paintings, often done on an epic scale, embodied a national idealism and reverence for nature. The Wadsworth Athenium Museum of Art is widely recognized as having the most extensive and finest collection of Hudson River School paintings. This book features 57 beautiful reproductions of these paintings, each accompanied by a description of its significance and historical background. Artists' biographies and an introduction to the Hudson River School of painting are also included. The lovely paintings and informative text make this a most enjoyable book. S.E.