,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,engel submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,,resolution  ,honoring the   
,hudson ,river ,school ,painters for    
their contributions to the ,united      
,states4  ,whereas the ,hudson ,river   
,school is considered the first school  
of ,american ,art2 ,whereas the ,hudson 
,river ,school was a mid-#aith century  
,american art movement led by a group of
 landscape painters1 whose aesthetic    
vision was influenced by romanticism2   
,whereas the major ,hudson ,river       
,school ,painters included ,thomas      
,cole1 ,frederic ,edwin ,church1 ,asher 
,brown ,durand1 ,jasper ,francis        
,cropsey1 ,sanford ,robinson ,gifford1  
,albert ,bierstadt1 ,john ,frederick    
,kensett1 ,george ,inness1 ,worthington 
,whittredge1 and ,thomas ,moran2        
,whereas the ,hudson ,river ,school     

paintings capture the striking          
naturalistic landscape of the continent1
 depicting the ,hudson ,river ,valley   
and the surrounding ,new ,york areas1   
including the ,catskill1 ,adirondack1   
and the ,white ,mountains2 ,whereas     
,hudson ,river ,school paintings served 
as a vital role in cultivating ,american
 identity in the mid-nineteenth century2
 ,whereas the ,hudson ,river ,school    
,painters influenced the environmental  
conservation movement and the           
establishment of the ,national ,park    
,system under ,president ,theodore      
,roosevelt2 ,whereas in #bjji the ,new  
,york delegation celebrated the #djjth  
anniversary of the ,hudson ,river       
,school which complements the importance
 of the ,hudson ,river1 and the ,hudson 
,valley1 to the development and growth  
of the ,united ,states throughout the   
history of our continent2 ,whereas the  
,hudson ,river ,school's portrayal of   
the ,hudson ,river ,valley is a cause of
 major tourism this region experiences  

today2 ,whereas the ,hudson ,river      
,school ,painters depicted the ,hudson  
,river ,valley during the opening of the
 ,erie ,canal which linked the ,hudson  
,river with the ,great ,lakes1 and      
created a main trade route from ,new    
,york which fostered the city's         
influence in the ,american economy2     
,whereas the ,hudson ,river ,school     
,painters celebrated the ideals of      
,american democracy1 individuality1 and 
progress2 ,whereas the ,hudson ,river   
,school ,painters illustrated themes    
such as ,nature1 ,conservation1         
,civility1 ,unity1 ,education1 ,family1 
,chivalry1 and ,development2 ,whereas   
the ,hudson ,river ,school ,painters    
expressed the sense that every          
generation of ,americans must seek to   
preserve the naturalness of the         
continent2 ,whereas the ,hudson ,river  
,school ,painters accentuated the       
cardinal values of the nineteenth       
century and such their ideals can assist
 contemporary ,america in the rebirth of

 ,american culture3 ,now1 therefore1 be 
it  ,that the ,house of ,representatives
 recognizes and honors the ,hudson      
,river ,school ,painters for their      
contributions to the ,united ,states4