(1848-1909) George McCord is a highly regarded artist of the second generation of the Hudson River School.
He was born in New York and studied at the Hudson River Institute and at Claverack Academy, New York, with Samuel F.B. Morse and James Fairman. Seascape is a prime example not only of McCord's talent as a painter, but as a distinctive voice in the tradition of marine and maritime painting in America. Seascape is a prime example not only of McCord's talent as a painter, but as a distinctive voice in the tradition of marine and maritime painting in America.Known for his exceptionally articulate and atmospheric landscape paintings, George Herbert McCord, a native of New York, was part of the second generation.George Herbert McCord ( - ) was active/lived in New York, New Jersey.George Herbert McCord [George H. McCord Biography, Artist-Portfolio, Artwork Offers, Artwork Requests, Exhibition Announcements.“George McCord was an American painter, known for atmospheric marine and landscape paintings in oil, pastel, and watercolor and for black and white drawings.He had a studio on New York's 10th Street, home to many artist studios, and later at his home in Morristown, New Jersey, where he taught art. He traveled widely, painting in the Berkshires, Adirondacks, and Laurentian Mountains, and the upper Mississippi.
He was among the first artists to painted in Florida as it was becoming popular. McCord was among a select group of artists including Thomas Moran, George Inness, Jr., and Irving Couse, who were invited by the Santa Fe Railroad to paint scenes of the Grand Canyon; and he was also part of the Arkell Erie Canal Trip.
In 1890 he was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to paint landscapes around Carnegie's Cluny Castle in Scotland. McCord also t
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