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With its scenic attributes and authentic rural amenities, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site is a living memorial to the artistry of its famous resident and the world of romanticism in the Hudson River Valley .
The Hudson River School Art Trail takes you to the sites that inspired America’s first great landscape painters, enabling you to walk in the footsteps of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Asher B. Durand, Jasper Cropsey, Sanford Gifford and other pioneering American artists, and to see the landscapes that launched the Hudson River School of art.
You will see some of the magnificent paintings these artists created, compared with photographs of the same views today. You can also download a map and directions to guide you to the actual views, which are all within 15 miles of the 19th-century homes of Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, two of the Hudson Valley's most significant historic sites, which together form the anchor of the Trail.
