Hudson River School Paintings for the Living Room

Here are 162 Hudson River School paintings for the living room, painted between 1823 and 1903, with works by John Frederick Kensett, Jasper Francis Cropsey and Albert Bierstadt; the subjects they return to most are landscapes, and mountains. Above a sofa or fireplace it needs real scale, about two thirds of the furniture's width, so the famous works that suit it are landscapes, harbors, gardens and city views painted to be seen from across a room.

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Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church 22 × 40 in landscape print (56 × 102 cm), centered 54¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church, 1859, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Heart of the Andes, 1859 The Met

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole, 1836, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836 The Met

Ecuadorian landscape with people, palm trees, waterfall, and volcano in background.

Frederic Edwin Church View of Cotopaxi, 1857 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a vast autumn scene with two very small figures in Indigenous clothing standing on a cliff overlooking a massive waterfall in the distance.

Thomas Cole Distant View of Niagara Falls, 1830 Art Institute of Chicago

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, Albert Bierstadt, 1863, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 The Met

Lake George, John Frederick Kensett, 1869, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1869 The Met

Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederic Edwin Church, 1860, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Twilight in the Wilderness, 1860 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Florence, Thomas Cole, 1837, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View of Florence, 1837 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, Thomas Cole, 1838, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838 Cleveland Museum of Art

Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise), Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889, oil on paper mounted to board

Albert Bierstadt Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise), ca. 1889 The Met

Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Albert Bierstadt, 1866, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1866 The Met

Mountain Scene, Albert Bierstadt, 1880–90, oil on paper

Albert Bierstadt Mountain Scene, 1880–90 The Met

The Aegean Sea, Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church The Aegean Sea, ca. 1877 The Met

The Mountain Ford, Thomas Cole, 1846, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Mountain Ford, 1846 The Met

A View near Tivoli (Morning), Thomas Cole, 1832, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole A View near Tivoli (Morning), 1832 The Met

View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, Thomas Cole, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, 1836–37 The Met

A band of indigenous Americans ride horses toward and through a herd of buffalo, which spreads along a river that winds through plains to mountains in the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt The Last of the Buffalo, 1888-1889 National Gallery of Art

Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, Frederic Edwin Church, 1851, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, 1851 National Gallery of Art

The top three-quarters of this horizontal landscape painting is filled with roiling, deeply shadowed clouds that tower over a line of buffalo crossing a grassy meadow below.

Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm, 1869 National Gallery of Art

We look across the gleaming, forest-green surface of a lake at the foot of tall, jagged mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877 National Gallery of Art

We hover over the bottle-green surface of a river as it rushes toward a horseshoe-shaped waterfall that curves away from us in this horizontal landscape painting.

Frederic Edwin Church Niagara, 1857 National Gallery of Art

We look across a palm-tree lined river winding into the distance before a monumental, snow-covered mountain at the center of the composition in this horizontal landscape.

Frederic Edwin Church Tamaca Palms, 1854 National Gallery of Art

Honey-gold sunlight from low along the horizon to our left falls across the copper and bronze-colored canopies of trees that frame our view of a stone church with stained glass windows and ornate spires in this horizontal landscape…

Thomas Cole The Return, 1837 National Gallery of Art

In a verdant green landscape, a stone castle sits on a tree-lined hill in the distance in front of a high, craggy mountain peak while eighteen armored knights ride toward us along a bridge and path in this horizontal painting.

Thomas Cole The Departure, 1837 National Gallery of Art

We look across a wide, low clearing at a mountain rising beyond rocky hills, which are mostly covered in pines and blazing red and orange autumn trees, in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), 1839 National Gallery of Art

Hulking mountains are mostly backlit against a watery blue sky edged with shell pink along the horizon, which comes about two-thirds of the way up this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Sunrise in the Catskills, 1826 National Gallery of Art

From a little above a dirt road, we look past a grove of trees to a broad plain and a lake at the foot of towering, hazy mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Lake Lucerne, 1858 National Gallery of Art

We look across a rocky, grass-covered promontory at a crumbling, round brick tower overlooking topaz-blue water in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower, 1838 National Gallery of Art

Aurora Borealis, Frederic Edwin Church, 1865, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Aurora Borealis, 1865 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cotopaxi, Frederic Edwin Church, 1855, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Cotopaxi, 1855 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Among the Sierra Nevada, California, Albert Bierstadt, 1868, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, Thomas Cole, 1829, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gates of the Yosemite, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1882, oil on paper mounted on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Gates of the Yosemite, ca. 1882 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872, oil on paper mounted on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1872 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Niagara Falls in Winter, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1868, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Niagara Falls in Winter, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

A Home in the Wilderness, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Haywain, Worthington Whittredge, 1861, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Landscape with Haywain, 1861 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Niagara Falls, John Frederick Kensett, c. 1851–52, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett View of Niagara Falls, c. 1851–52 Cleveland Museum of Art

Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1867, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Pompton Plains, New Jersey, 1867 The Met

The Valley of Wyoming, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1865, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey The Valley of Wyoming, 1865 The Met

View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, 1853 The Met

Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1864, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1864 The Met

High Point: Shandaken Mountains, Asher Brown Durand, 1853, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand High Point: Shandaken Mountains, 1853 The Met

Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", Asher Brown Durand, 1850, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", 1850 The Met

River Scene, Asher Brown Durand, 1854, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand River Scene, 1854 The Met

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1871, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, 1871 The Met

Tivoli, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Tivoli, 1870 The Met

Eaton's Neck, Long Island, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

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