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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 480 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 480

 Honoring the Hudson River School Painters for their contributions to 
                           the United States.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2014

Mr. Engel submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Honoring the Hudson River School Painters for their contributions to 
                           the United States.

Whereas the Hudson River School is considered the first school of American Art;
Whereas the Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement led 
        by a group of landscape painters, whose aesthetic vision was influenced 
        by romanticism;
Whereas the major Hudson River School Painters included Thomas Cole, Frederic 
        Edwin Church, Asher Brown Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford 
        Robinson Gifford, Albert Bierstadt, John Frederick Kensett, George 
        Inness, Worthington Whittredge, and Thomas Moran;
Whereas the Hudson River School paintings capture the striking naturalistic 
        landscape of the continent, depicting the Hudson River Valley and the 
        surrounding New York areas, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and the 
        White Mountains;
Whereas Hudson River School paintings served as a vital role in cultivating 
        American identity in the mid-nineteenth century;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters influenced the environmental 
        conservation movement and the establishment of the National Park System 
        under President Theodore Roosevelt;
Whereas in 2009 the New York delegation celebrated the 400th anniversary of the 
        Hudson River School which complements the importance of the Hudson 
        River, and the Hudson Valley, to the development and growth of the 
        United States throughout the history of our continent;
Whereas the Hudson River School's portrayal of the Hudson River Valley is a 
        cause of major tourism this region experiences today;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters depicted the Hudson River Valley during 
        the opening of the Erie Canal which linked the Hudson River with the 
        Great Lakes, and created a main trade route from New York which fostered 
        the city's influence in the American economy;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters celebrated the ideals of American 
        democracy, individuality, and progress;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters illustrated themes such as Nature, 
        Conservation, Civility, Unity, Education, Family, Chivalry, and 
        Development;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters expressed the sense that every 
        generation of Americans must seek to preserve the naturalness of the 
        continent;
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters accentuated the cardinal values of the 
        nineteenth century and such their ideals can assist contemporary America 
        in the rebirth of American culture: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes and honors 
the Hudson River School Painters for their contributions to the United 
States.
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