The Hudson River School of Art: "Black Bear" was there too!

"Over one tier and then another..." where it all begins for Black Bear

At left: "The Falls at Kaaterskill" by Thomas Cole 

The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. The paintings for which the movement is named depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and the White Mountains; eventually works by the second generation of artists associated with the school expanded to include other locales.

There is a special "Hudson River School Art Trail" that takes you to all of the sites that inspired the paintings, including the one of "The Falls at Kaaterskill" by Thomas Cole. Click here to learn more about the Art Trail, and to download maps to the different sites along the Hudson River.