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 Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains (mk13) oil


Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains (mk13)
Painting ID::  22090
Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains (mk13)
1826 Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 35 1/2'' National Gallery of Art,Washington,D.C Gift of Mrs.John D.Rockefeller 3rd in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Landscape with Dead Tree (mk13) oil


Landscape with Dead Tree (mk13)
Painting ID::  22092
Landscape with Dead Tree (mk13)
1828 Oil on canvas 26 1/2 x 32 1/2'' Museum of Art,Rhode Island School of Design,Providence Walter H.Kimball Fund
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Indian Sacrifice (mk13) oil


Indian Sacrifice (mk13)
Painting ID::  22093
Indian Sacrifice (mk13)
1827.Oil on canvas 36 x 48'' University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Autumn in the Catskills (mk13) oil


Autumn in the Catskills (mk13)
Painting ID::  22094
Autumn in the Catskills (mk13)
1827 Oil on wood panel 18 5/8 x 25 7/16 Arnot Art Museum,Elmira,New York
   
   
     

Thomas Cole Landscape Composition Saint John in the Wilderness (mk13) oil


Landscape Composition Saint John in the Wilderness (mk13)
Painting ID::  22095
Landscape Composition Saint John in the Wilderness (mk13)
1827 oil on canvas 36 x 28 15/16'' Wasworth Atheneum,Hartford,Connecticut,Bequest of Daniel Wadsworth OPPOSITE :Detail
   
   
     

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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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