The century-and-a-half home of a Hudson Valley painter is the setting for a contemporary mystery novel.
by Rich Watson
In the mid-nineteenth century, a group of landscape artists based in the Hudson Valley formed a movement that brought the region, and other parts of America, to life in a variety of paintings.
One of them, Frederick Edwin Church, designed and lived in a mansion, Olana, that grew to personify the Hudson River School. Today it’s a museum that draws visitors from around the region and beyond.
In 2013, it was the subject of a mystery novel that drew upon the place’s history, called Death at Olana.
