Hudson River School, Ashcan School, American Tonalism Oil Paintings

The Hudson River School and Ashcan school was a mid-19th century American art movement presented by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was inspired by Romanticism and portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains. Explore our selection of paintings online.