Régis François Gignoux

Régis François Gignoux (1814–1882) was a French painter who was active in the United States from 1840 to 1870.

By 1844, Gignoux had opened a studio in New York City and became one of the first artists to join the famous Tenth Street Studio, where other members included Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and John Frederick Kensett.

Gignoux is best known for his meticulous renderings of Northeast American landscapes,[2] and was the only member of the Hudson River School to specialize in snow scenes.

"A dramatic, newly restored 1843 painting of the interior of Mammoth Cave by Marie-Francois-Regis Gignoux has been restored as part of the conservation program for the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture at the New-York Historical Society opening in November [2000].

..."[4] Currently, Mammoth Cave is touring as part of The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision organized by the New-York Historical Society.