1. the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England; [syn: Hudson River school, romantic realism]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hudson River school
n 1: the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825
to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River
valley and surrounding New England [syn: Hudson River
school, romantic realism]