[LibKill]

The pics in posts #3 and #5 are really good.

That is art.

If anyone else has some examples, please post.

[AnAmericanMother]

Here ya go:

My favorite of the Hudson River School is probably Asher Durand, I love his charcoal sketches the best, he was a man who could take a quick impression. Here's a self-portrait:

Here are Mr. Durand and Mr. Cole on a promontory, in a self-portrait-with-landscape titled "Kindred Spirits":

Here is a lovely painting of Niagara by Albert Bierstadt, another of the HRS, although sometimes considered a member of the "Rocky Mountain School".

Another Durand, just because I like him:

[piasa]

Another from askart.com

Robert Havell, Jr