Thomas Cole
19th-century English-American painter (1801-1848) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Cole (1 February 1801 – 11 February 1848) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement.[1][2] Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, but with a strong American sensibility,[3] he was prolific throughout his career and worked primarily with oil on canvas. His paintings are typically allegoric and often depict small figures or structures set against moody and evocative natural landscapes. They are usually escapist, framing the New World as a natural eden contrasting with the smog-filled cityscapes of Industrial Revolution-era Britain, in which he grew up.[4][5] His works, often seen as conservative, criticize the contemporary trends of industrialism, urbanism, and westward expansion.[3]
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Born | (1801-02-01)February 1, 1801 Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England |
Died | February 11, 1848(1848-02-11) (aged 47) Catskill, New York, U.S |
Known for | Painting, oil on canvas |
Notable work | The Titan's Goblet The Course of Empire The Oxbow The Voyage of Life among others... |
Movement | Hudson River School |