George McCord

George McCord
Born	New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Movement	Hudson River School

George McCord was an American painter, known for atmospheric marine and landscape paintings in oil, pastel, and watercolor and for black and white drawings, George McCord was born in New York City and remained primarily a resident in Brooklyn although he traveled widely and from 1883 also had a studio in Morristown, New Jersey. He was part of the second generation of Hudson River School painters.

He studied at the Hudson River Institute, the Claverack Academy in Claverack, New York.

Hudson River School

Movements	Age of Enlightenment Romanticism Victorianism / Realism

Artists	Thomas Cole Asher Brown Durand Frederic Edwin Church John Frederick Kensett Sanford Robinson Gifford Albert Bierstadt Eliza Pratt Greatorex

Museums	Metropolitan Museum of Art Wadsworth Atheneum National Gallery of Art New-York Historical Society Westervelt Warner Brooklyn Museum

Locations	Catskill Mountain House Kaaterskill Falls North-South Lake Olana Thomas Cole House

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