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Thomas Cole - (February 1, 1801 – February 11,

1848). He is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River

School, an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century.

Early life and education

He was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1801. In 1818 his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Steubenville, Ohio, where Cole learned the rudiments of his profession from a wandering portrait painter named Stein.

Moving to Pittsburgh in 1823 and then to Philadelphia in 1824, where he drew from casts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, he rejoined his parents and sister in New York City early in 1825.

Personal life

After 1827 Cole maintained a studio at the farm called Cedar

Grove in the town of Catskill, New York. He painted a significant portion of his work in this studio.

In 1836 he married Maria Bartow of Catskill, a niece of the owner, and became a year-round resident. Thomas and Mariahad five children:

Theodore Alexander Cole, born January 1, 1838;

Mary Bartow Cole, born September 23, 1839;

Emily Cole, born August 27, 1843;

Elizabeth Cole, born April 5, 1847 (died in infancy);

Thomas Cole, Jr., born September 16, 1848.

Architecture work

Cole dabbled in architecture, a not uncommon

practice at the time when the profession was not so

codified. Cole was an entrant in the design

competition held in 1838 to create the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

Graphic Work

Thomas Cole is best known for his work as an American landscape artist.

In 1842, Cole embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe in an effort

to study in the style of the Old Masters and to paint its scenery.

Selected works

The Garden of Eden (1828)

Distant View of Niagara Falls (1830)

Selected works

Romantic Landscape with Ruined

Tower(1832–36)

The Course of Empire: The

Savage State(1836)

Selected works

The Course of Empire:

Consummation(1835–1836)

The Course of Empire: Desolation (1836)

Selected works

The Departure (1837) The Return (1837)

Selected works

The Past (1838), Mead Art Museum

The Vesper Hymn (ca. 1838)

Selected works

The Present (1838), Mead Art Museum

The Fountain of Vaucluse,

1841, Dallas Museum of Art

Selected works

L'Allegro (Italian Sunset) (1845)Il Penseroso (1845)

Selected works

Home in the Woods (1847), Reynolda House Museum of American

Art