The following is a partial list of major and minor artists of the Hudson River School of landscape painting. This genre was popularized by well over 100 artists during a period that lasted from 1825 through approximately 1890. Significant, known relationships with Thomas Cole or Cedar Grove are shown in bold.
| Henry Ary | c. 1807 – 1852 |
| Alfred Fitch Bellows | 1829 – 1883 |
| Albert Bierstadt | 1830 – 1902 |
| DeWitt Clinton Boutelle | 1820 – 1884 |
| James Renwick Brevoort | 1832 – 1918 |
| Alfred Thompson Bricher | 1837 – 1908 |
| Albert D’Orient Browere | 1814 – 1887 |
| William Mason Brown | 1828 – 1898 |
| John Hermann Carmiencke | 1810 – 1867 |
| John William Casilear | 1811 – 1893 |
| Benjamin Champney | 1817 – 1907 |
| Charles H. Chapin | 1830 – 1898 |
Frederic Edwin ChurchStudied two years under Cole at Cedar Grove; later hired Theodore Cole to work at Olana |
1826 – 1900 |
| Charles Codman
Thomas Cole |
1800 – 1842
1801-1848 |
| Samuel Colman, Jr. | 1832 – 1920 |
| Jasper Francis Cropsey | 1823 – 1900 |
| Thomas Doughty | 1793 – 1856 |
| Robert S. Duncanson | 1821 – 1872 |
Asher B. DurandClose friend and established engraver; Cole encouraged him to become a painter |
1796 – 1886 |
| Alvan Fisher | 1792 – 1863 |
| Samuel Lancaster Gerry | 1812 – 1891 |
| Sanford Robinson Gifford | 1823 – 1880 |
| Regis Francis Gignoux | 1816 – 1882 |
| Eliza Greatorex | 1820 – 1897 |
| James McDougal Hart | 1828 – 1901 |
| William McDougal Hart | 1823 – 1894 |
| Martin Johnson Heade | 1819 – 1904 |
| J. Antonio Hekking | 1830 – c.1903 |
| George Hetzel | 1826 – 1899 |
| James Hope | c.1819 – 1892 |
| Richard William Hubbard | 1816 – 1888 |
| Daniel Huntington | 1816 – 1891 |
| George Inness | 1825 – 1894 |
| David Johnson | 1827 – 1908 |
| John Frederick Kensett | 1816 – 1872 |
| Charles W. Knapp | 1823 – 1900 |
| Fitz Hugh Lane | 1804 – 1865 |
| Homer Dodge Martin | 1836 – 1897 |
| Jervis McEntee | 1828 – 1890 |
| Louis Remy Mignot | 1831 – 1870 |
Charles Herbert MoorePainted scenes of Cedar Grove and rented studio space at Cedar Grove after Cole’s death |
1840 – 1930 |
| Thomas Moran | 1837 – 1926 |
| John Adams Parker | 1827 – c.1905 |
| Arthur Parton | 1842 – 1914 |
Henry Cheever PrattTravelled with Cole in Maine & New Hampshire |
1803 – 1880 |
| William Trost Richards | 1833 – 1905 |
| Thomas P. Rossiter | 1818 – 1871 |
| Aaron Draper Shattuck | 1832 – 1928 |
| George Henry Smillie | 1840 – 1921 |
| James D. Smillie | 1833 – 1909 |
| William T. R. Smith | 1812 – 1896 |
| William Louis Sonntag | 1822 – 1899 |
Benjamin StoneRented studio space at Cedar Grove after Cole’s death |
1829 – 1906 |
| Paul Weber | 1823 – 1916 |
| T. Worthington Whittredge | 1820 – 1910 |
| John Williamson | 1816 – 1885 |
| Alexander H. Wyant | 1836 – 1892 |