Dramatic paintings of the sea by American artist William Trost Richards. Living from 1833 to 1905, he was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.

Sunlit waves. 1903. American. Oil on canvas. William Trost Richards, painter (1833-1905). Signed and dated Wm. T. Richards. 03′ on the lower left. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6519594?ldp_breadcrumb=back

Coastal scene. Undated, by 1905. American. Oil on canvas. William Trost Richards, painter (1833-1905). Signed Wm. T. Richards/Phil on the lower right. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6519700

South-West Point, Conanicut. 1878-1879. American. Watercolor and gouache on fibrous blue-gray wove paper. William Trost Richards, watercolorist (1833-1905). Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Image © 2025 National Gallery of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.nga.gov/press/acquisitions/2023/william-trost-richards.html

Purgatory Cliff. 1876. American. Watercolor and gouache on light tan wove paper. William Trost Richards, watercolorist (1833-1905). Signed and dated W. T Richards 1876 on the lower left. Collections of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11906

Visions of an older America. Landscapes by Asher Brown Durand. Living from 1796 to 1886, he was part of the Hudson River School..

Landscape. 1859. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Signed and dated A B Durand 1859 on the lower left. Collections of and image © the Princeton University Art Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/27252

Progress (The Advance of Civilization). 1853. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Photo credit: Travis Fullerton. Collections of and image © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Progress_by_Asher_Brown_Durand.jpg

Kaaterskill Landscape. 1850. American. Oil on canvas. Asher Brown Durand, painter (1796-1886). Collections of and image © the Princeton University Art Museum. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1850,_Durand,_Asher_Brown,_Kaaterskill_Landscape.jpg

Paintings of the Ramapo River which flows in the states of New York and New Jersey in the United States. Jasper Francis Cropsey, painter. Living from 1823 to 1900, he was a member of the Hudson River School. A follower of American landscapist Thomas Cole. Cropsey was also an architect.

“Autumn on the Ramapo River – Erie Railway.”1876. American. oil on canvas. Image © 2021 Saint Johnsbury Athenaeum. Fair use license, via https://www.stjathenaeum.org/jasper-f-cropsey-

“Autumn Light on the Ramapo.” Undated. American. Image © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. Artwork itself in the public domain. via https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Ramapo-Jasper-Francis-Cropsey/dp/B017TOHCL4?th=1

“Autumn On Ramapo River New Jersey.” Undated. American. Image © 2021 BEVERLY A MITCHELL. Fair use license. via https://www.beverlyamitchell.com/autumn-on-ramapo-river-new-jersey-by-jasper-francis-cropsey/

Mountain landscapes, all of them with water, too. American. Charles Wilson Knapp, painter. Born in 1823, he died in 1900. Painted in the style of the Hudson River School.

“Morning in the Valley.” 1867. Oil on canvas. Signed “C. W. Knapp” and dated on the lower left.Image © 2002-2020 LiveAuctioneers and Hindman Auctions, Chicago. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/89625610_charles-wilson-knapp-american-1823-1900-morning-in

“Cattle Grazing on a Riverbank.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed “C. W. Knapp” on the lower left. Image © 1999 – 2020 SKINNER, INC, Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2493/lots/378

“View in the Susquehanna Valley.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed on the lower left. Image source: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. In the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_in_the_Susquehanna_Valley_by_Charles_Wilson_Knapp.jpg

Down to the water with American painter Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908). Studied with Albert Bierstadt and part of the tail end of the Hudson River School.

ap08.237.3 — Marine landscape. ca. 1895. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10215

Alfred_Thompson_Bricher_-_Castle_Rock,_Marblehead_-_Google_Art_Project — “Castle Rock, Marblehead.” 1878. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Thompson_Bricher_-_Castle_Rock,_Marblehead_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

gPiction_Repository_2db_photod3699u305369931991.801_01_o2 — “Grand Manan.” ca. 1888. Oil on canvas. Image © Birmingham Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain. via https://www.artsbma.org/collection/grand-manan/

Painting somewhere down near the water. American. Mary Blood Mellen, painter (1819-1886). Studying under artist Fitz Henry Lane, she is associated with the Hudson River School.

"Field Beach, Stage Fort Park." ca. 1850. Oil on canvas mounted over board. — “Field Beach, Stage Fort Park.” ca. 1850. Oil on canvas mounted over board. Image © Cape Ann Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/objects/field-beach-stage-fort-park/

moonlight-landscape — “Moonlight Landscape.” 19th c. In the public domain due to age. via https://americangallery.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/mary-blood-mellen-1817-1882/

"Boat in Gloucester Harbor." 19th c. Oil on canvas. — “Boat in Gloucester Harbor.” 19th c. Oil on canvas. Image © 1999 – 2020 SKINNER, INC. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2432/lots/71

Paintings that are mostly landscapes with far more drama and atmospheric things going on than your average work. Thomas Cole, artist (1801-1848). Founder of the Hudson River School, he was born in England but mostly worked in America.

"A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains," 1839. — “A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains,” 1839. Oil on canvas. Image © 2019 National Gallery of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.vqronline.org/thomas-cole-and-decorative-arts

"Expulsion from the Garden of Eden." 1827-28. — “Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.” 1827-28. Oil on canvas. Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Public domain due to age. via https://www.theartstory.org/artist/cole-thomas/

"The Voyage of Life: Youth." — “The Voyage of Life: Youth.” Second in a series of four paintings that depict the various stage of man’s allegorical journey through life. 1840. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.theartstory.org/artist/cole-thomas/artworks/#pnt_5

Paintings of Lake George in upstate New York from a little while back. American. John William Casilear, artist. Living from 1811 to 1893, he was part of the Hudson River School.

Lake George. After 1851. — Lake George. After 1851. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. In the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Casilear_-_Lake_George.jpg

Lake George. 1857. — Lake George. 1857. Oil on canvas. Image © 2000–2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/18447

Lake George. No date. — Lake George. No date. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Plasteel Frames & Gallery, Seattle. Image © 2018 Artsy. Fair use license. via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/john-william-casilear-lake-george

Mountains to escape into with enough of them to cover your entire sitting room wall, painted by American landscape artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848). Founder of the Hudson River School.

"Evening in Arcady." 1843. — “Evening in Arcady.” 1843. Oil on canvas. © 2015 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Fair use license. via https://www.thewadsworth.org/collection/hudson-river-school/

"View Near the Village of Catskill." 1827. — “View Near the Village of Catskill.” 1827. Oil on wood, Image © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Fair use license. via http://www.explorethomascole.org/gallery/items/19

“Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks." 1838. — “Shroon Mountain, Adirondacks.” 1838. Oil on canvas. Image ©Cleveland Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.britannica.com/art/Hudson-River-school/media/274715/5990

Landscapes with water by American artist Sanford Robinson Gifford. Living from 1823 to 1880 he was a Luminist as well as part of the Hudson River School.

"Indians at sunset/Sunset in the Wilderness." ca. 1859. — “Indians at sunset/Sunset in the Wilderness.” ca. 1859. Image © Sotheby’s. Fair use license. Artwork in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/american-art-n08996/lot.12.html

"Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore." 1871. — “Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore.” 1871. Image © 2000–2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork in the public domain because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.115.1/

"Wilderness." 1860. — “Wilderness.” 1860. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2018/02/sanford-robinson-gifford-1823-1880.html

"An October afternoon." 1871. — “An October afternoon.” 1871. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the public domain. via https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/download/51838

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