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 Lake with Dead Trees oil painting


Lake with Dead Trees
1825 Oil on canvas Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Painting ID::  9879
Thomas Cole
Lake with Dead Trees
1825 Oil on canvas Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Mount Chocorua oil painting


Mount Chocorua
New Hampshire 1827Oil on panel 23 x 32.5 in
Painting ID::  9889
Thomas Cole
Mount Chocorua
New Hampshire 1827Oil on panel 23 x 32.5 in
   
   
     

Thomas Cole View on Schoharie oil painting


View on Schoharie
1826Oil on canvas New York State Historical Association Cooperstown
Painting ID::  9890
Thomas Cole
View on Schoharie
1826Oil on canvas New York State Historical Association Cooperstown
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Autumn in Catskills oil painting


Autumn in Catskills
1827 Oil on panel Arnot Art Museum Elmira, New York
Painting ID::  9893
Thomas Cole
Autumn in Catskills
1827 Oil on panel Arnot Art Museum Elmira, New York
   
   
     

Thomas Cole View in the White Mountains oil painting


View in the White Mountains
1827 Oil on canvas; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Painting ID::  9894
Thomas Cole
View in the White Mountains
1827 Oil on canvas; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
   
   
     

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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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