IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 480 
Honoring the Hudson River School Painters for their contributions to the 
United States. 
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 
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 roman-
ticism; 
Whereas the major Hudson River School Painters included 
Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Asher Brown 
Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Robinson Gif-
ford, Albert Bierstadt, John Frederick Kensett, George 
Inness, Worthington Whittredge, and Thomas Moran; 
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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 en-
vironmental conservation movement and the establish-
ment of the National Park System under President Theo-
dore 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 expe-
riences 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 econ-
omy; 
Whereas the Hudson River School Painters celebrated the 
ideals 
of 
American 
democracy, 
individuality, 
and 
progress; 
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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 recog-
nizes and honors the Hudson River School Painters for 
their contributions to the United States. 
Æ 
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