Thomas Cole
1801-1848 Thomas Cole Galleries Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a 19th century American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century. Cole's Hudson River School, as well as his own work, was known for its realistic and detailed portrayal of American landscape and wilderness, which feature themes of romanticism and naturalism. In New York he sold three paintings to George W. Bruen, who financed a summer trip to the Hudson Valley where he visited the Catskill Mountain House and painted the ruins of Fort Putnam. Returning to New York he displayed three landscapes in the window of a bookstore; according to the New York Evening Post, this garnered Cole the attention of John Trumbull, Asher B. Durand, and William Dunlap. Among the paintings was a landscape called "View of Fort Ticonderoga from Gelyna". Trumbull was especially impressed with the work of the young artist and sought him out, bought one of his paintings, and put him into contact with a number of his wealthy friends including Robert Gilmor of Baltimore and Daniel Wadsworth of Hartford, who became important patrons of the artist. Cole was primarily a painter of landscapes, but he also painted allegorical works. The most famous of these are the five-part series, The Course of Empire, now in the collection of the New York Historical Society and the four-part The Voyage of Life. There are two versions of the latter, one at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the other at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Cole influenced his artistic peers, especially Asher B. Durand and Frederic Edwin Church, who studied with Cole from 1844 to 1846. Cole spent the years 1829 to 1832 and 1841-1842 abroad, mainly in England and Italy; in Florence he lived with the sculptor Horatio Greenough.

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Thomas Cole Landscape1825 oil painting


Landscape1825
Oil on canvas; Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Painting ID::  9878
Thomas Cole
Landscape1825
Oil on canvas; Minneapolis Institute of Arts
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Landscape m76 oil painting


Landscape m76
Saint John in the Wilderness1827 Oil on canvas; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Painting ID::  9888
Thomas Cole
Landscape m76
Saint John in the Wilderness1827 Oil on canvas; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
   
   
     

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Childhood oil painting


The Voyage of Life: Childhood
1842 52 7/8 x 77 7/8 in (133 x 198 cm) Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
Painting ID::  3887
Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life: Childhood
1842 52 7/8 x 77 7/8 in (133 x 198 cm) Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
   
   
     

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Youth oil painting


The Voyage of Life: Youth
1842 52 7/8 x 76 1/4 in (134 x 194 cm) Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
Painting ID::  3888
Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life: Youth
1842 52 7/8 x 76 1/4 in (134 x 194 cm) Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
   
   
     

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Manhood oil painting


The Voyage of Life: Manhood
1842 52 7/8 x 76 7/8 in (134 x 195 cm) National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  3889
Thomas Cole
The Voyage of Life: Manhood
1842 52 7/8 x 76 7/8 in (134 x 195 cm) National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

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     1801-1848 Thomas Cole Galleries Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a 19th century American artist. He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century. Cole's Hudson River School, as well as his own work, was known for its realistic and detailed portrayal of American landscape and wilderness, which feature themes of romanticism and naturalism. In New York he sold three paintings to George W. Bruen, who financed a summer trip to the Hudson Valley where he visited the Catskill Mountain House and painted the ruins of Fort Putnam. Returning to New York he displayed three landscapes in the window of a bookstore; according to the New York Evening Post, this garnered Cole the attention of John Trumbull, Asher B. Durand, and William Dunlap. Among the paintings was a landscape called "View of Fort Ticonderoga from Gelyna". Trumbull was especially impressed with the work of the young artist and sought him out, bought one of his paintings, and put him into contact with a number of his wealthy friends including Robert Gilmor of Baltimore and Daniel Wadsworth of Hartford, who became important patrons of the artist. Cole was primarily a painter of landscapes, but he also painted allegorical works. The most famous of these are the five-part series, The Course of Empire, now in the collection of the New York Historical Society and the four-part The Voyage of Life. There are two versions of the latter, one at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the other at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Cole influenced his artistic peers, especially Asher B. Durand and Frederic Edwin Church, who studied with Cole from 1844 to 1846. Cole spent the years 1829 to 1832 and 1841-1842 abroad, mainly in England and Italy; in Florence he lived with the sculptor Horatio Greenough.

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