Frederic Edwin Church had the ability, even in a small field study, to capture a lot of convincing detail and texture, working quickly over ...

Susie Barstow (1836-1923) was a Hudson River School painter who is now enjoying a small exhibition at the Thomas Cole House and Museum in C...

The Albany Institute of History and Art recently opened an exhibit of plein-air drawings and watercolors called " Hudson River School J...

This plein-air oil study by Frederic Church was left unfinished, which gives us a glimpse into his process. Bavarian Landscape; Frederic Ed...

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) increased the vertical dimension to add drama to his study of the Matterhorn. He later produced a studio lands...

In 1859, Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) organized a painting expedition in the high country of the Rocky Mountains. He sought out the help of...

Arthur Parton, Lake Scene, 1876 Several artists have accomplished this effect of a big gradation around the sun, which influences everything...

William Trost Richards  (American, 1833-1905) filled this sketchbook with remarkably detailed watercolor studies of English coastal scenery....

Olana, the home of landscape painter Frederic Church has installed a  live skycam on its tower. Called " Olana Eye ," it lets an...

The  notes from the Brooklyn Museum  say: "Already established as a landscape painter in oils, William Trost Richards began working in ...

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, oil sketch showing the top of one palm tree, with a glorious crown of palm fronds, beside a pa...

Olana is the Hudson Valley home of 19th century landscape painter Frederic Church (1826-1900) ( Link to YouTube video )  My goal...

Today the National Gallery in Washington opens the exhibition " American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists ." John William Hil...