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 Landscape (mk13) oil


Landscape (mk13)
Painting ID::  22085
Landscape (mk13)
1825 Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 31 1/2'' The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Bequest of Mrs.Kate Dunwoody
   
   
     

Thomas Cole The Clove,Catskills (mk13) oil


The Clove,Catskills (mk13)
Painting ID::  22086
The Clove,Catskills (mk13)
1827 Oil on canvas 25 x 36'' Collection New Britain Museum of American Art,New Britain,Connecticut,Charles F.Smith Fund
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Landscape with Figures A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans (mk13) oil


Landscape with Figures A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans (mk13)
Painting ID::  22087
Landscape with Figures A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans (mk13)
1826 Oil on penel 26 x 43'' Berry-Hill Galleries New York
1826_Oil_on_penel 26_x_43'' Berry-Hill_Galleries_New_York
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Landscape Scene from oil


Landscape Scene from
Painting ID::  22088
Landscape Scene from
1827 oil on canvas 25 x 31'' New York State Historical Association Cooperstown
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Scene from The Last of the Mohicans Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (mk13) oil


Scene from The Last of the Mohicans Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (mk13)
Painting ID::  22089
Scene from The Last of the Mohicans Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (mk13)
1827 Oil on canvas 25 3/8 x 35 1/16'' Wadsworth Atheneum,Hartford,Connecticut Bequest of Daniel Wadswor
   
   
     

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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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