What was the English School of Landscape Painting?
This term is commonly used to describe the mini-renaissance of landscape art which occurred in England around 1750-1850. Leading painters included: Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Girtin, John Constable and JMW Turner. Other important artists included Richard Parkes Bonington, John Crome and John Sell Cotman. For more details, see English Landscape Painting, 18th/19th Century. Back to top Q. What was the Hudson River School? The Hudson River School of landscape painting consisted of a loosely organized group of 19th century American landscape painters (flourished 1820-75) whose works memorialize the American wilderness. The leader of the Hudson River School was Thomas Cole. Q. What is Luminism? Luminism is a style of landscape painting (flourished 1850-75) which evolved out of the Hudson River School, and from works by frontier painters like George Caleb Bingham. Q. Why was Impressionism so influential in the development of modern art? French Impressionism – a spontaneous s
