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Browse selection of 19th century artworks at Caldwell Gallery Hudson.

The art of the 19th century, which began in homage to Old Master painting and ended on the cusp of Modernism, reflected the political, social, and industrial advancements and upheavals in America and abroad. The shift from agrarian to industrial societies, and the growth in personal wealth, created a new generation of collectors interested in showcasing the type of fine art they saw in museums within their own homes. As academic and salon art flourished, so did a new generation of artists intent on breaking from dogmatic strictures and proscribed ways of seeing and creating.

Images

Image of Henry Bacon's 1881 oil painting showing a young woman standing next to a doorway looking at several straw honeybee skeps on a trestle table. .

Henry Bacon
Beekeepers Daughter (1881)
Oil on canvas, 35" x 26"

Miniature portrait of George Washington done in enamel by artist William Birch.

William Birch
George Washington (1822)
Enamel on copper, 3" x 2 1/2"

Image of John Leslie Breck painting which shows a snowy path through the woods leading to a small village in the distance.

John Leslie Breck
Village in Winter – Auburndale, MA (c.1895)
Oil on canvas, 16" x 12 1/2"

Image of Otis Bullard's 1853 painting of a horse trade between two men in a town.

Otis Bullard
Horse Trade Scene (1853)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"

Painting by unknown artist of Commodore David Deacon.

Artist Unknown
Commodore David Deacon (c.1825)
Oil on canvas, 36" x 29"

Image of 1905 oil painting by Edward Dufner showing a slow moving river between two banks, with a town and hillside in the distance.

Edward Dufner
River Scene (1905)
Oil on canvas, 25" x 32"

Image of Arthur B. Frost's painting "The Country Store as a Social Center" depicting a group of people gathered in a store, many around a pot-bellied wood stove.

A.B. Frost
The Country Store as a Social Center (c.1900)
Ink and gouache on paper, 18" x 28"

Image of Edward Lamson Henry's 1900 watercolor of the Delaware & Hudson Canal in Ellenville, NY horses are pulling a barge along the canal..

Edward Lamson Henry
Delaware & Hudson Canal, Ellenville, NY (1900)
Watercolor on paper, 8 1/4" x 11 5/8"

Image of oil painting entitled "Haymakers, Zeeland" by George Hitchcock showing young women working in a mown hayfield to rake and stack the cut hay.

George Hitchcock
Haymakers, Zeeland
Oil on canvas, 37" x 46"

Image of Italian School oil painting of the myth of Ganymede, showing the naked youth astride a human-size eagle (Zeus).

Italian School
Ganymede
Oil on canvas, 25 1/2" x 30"

Image of oil painting entitled "Hide and Seek" by George Bernard O'Neill showing a mother with three children playing around a green chair in a living room.

George Bernard O'Neill
Hide and Seek (c.1869)
Oil on canvas, 30" x 25"

White marble statue entitled "Woman of Samaria" by William Rinehart, depicting a woman holding a water jug, wearing a draped and folded garment.

William Rinehart
Woman of Samaria (1871)
White marble, 81" tall, including base

Oil painting by Frank Henry Shapleigh entitled "The Plaza Basin, St. Augustine Florida" showing several boats moored at the edge of a small town.

Frank Shapleigh
The Plaza Basin, St. Augustine Florida (1889)
Oil on canvas, 10" x 16"

Oil painting titled "Pleasant Thoughts" by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait showing a young girl gathering a bucket of water near a small duck pond.

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Pleasant Thoughts (1859)
Oil on canvas, 12" x 18"

Ferdinand Wagner II oil painting of a young girl in an elegant dress and hat holding flowers in one hand and a book in the other.

Ferdinand Wagner II
Girl in Elegant Dress
Oil on canvas, 24 1/4" x 19 5/8"

George Welch watercolor painting of the Hotel Earlington in Richfield Springs, NY with people strolling along a walking path and horse drawn carriages riding on the street.

George Welch
The Hote Earlington, Richfield Springs, NY (1894)
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 24" x 34"

Frederick E. Wright's 1879 painting of a young female musician dressed in a white frock, holding the neck of a cello.

Frederick E. Wright
A Musician (1879)
Oil on panel, 8" x 6"

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