romantic realism

1. 1.

   the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England

   SynonymsHudson River school

   Broaderartistic movement

Questions about romantic realism

What does romantic realism mean?

romantic realism means "the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England".

What is another word for romantic realism?

Close synonyms include Hudson River school. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is romantic realism a common word?

romantic realism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.