Cole, Thomas

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'''Thomas Cole''' ([[February 1]], [[1801]] - [[February 11]], [[1848]]) was a nineteenth century [[United States|American]] artist; he is regarded as the founder of the [[Hudson River School]], an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century and was concerned with the realistic and detailed portrayal of nature.  
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'''Thomas Cole''' (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a nineteenth century [[United States|American]] artist; he is regarded as the founder of the [[Hudson River School]], an American art movement that flourished in the mid-19th century and was concerned with the realistic and detailed portrayal of nature.  
  
 
== Early life and education ==
 
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==Catskills==
 
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After 1827 he maintained a studio at the farm called [[Thomas Cole House|Cedar Grove]] in the town of [[Catskill (town), New York|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.    He died at Catskill on [[February 11]], [[1848]]. The fourth highest peak in the Catskills bears his name.<ref>[http://www.thomascole.org/learn_history.htm Cedar Grove History]</ref>.
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After 1827 he maintained a studio at the farm called [[Thomas Cole House|Cedar Grove]] in the town of [[Catskill (town), New York|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.    He died at Catskill on February 11, 1848. The fourth highest peak in the Catskills bears his name.<ref>[http://www.thomascole.org/learn_history.htm Cedar Grove History]</ref>.
  
 
== Architecture work ==
 
== 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 a new state government building in [[Columbus, Ohio]]. His entry won third premium, and many contend that the finished building, a composite of the first, second and third place entries, bears a great similarity to Cole's entry.
 
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 a new state government building in [[Columbus, Ohio]]. His entry won third premium, and many contend that the finished building, a composite of the first, second and third place entries, bears a great similarity to Cole's entry.
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==Legacy==
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==Selected works==
 
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Image:Cole Thomas Evening in Arcady 1843.jpg|''Evening in [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcady]]'' (1843)
 
Image:Cole Thomas Evening in Arcady 1843.jpg|''Evening in [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcady]]'' (1843)
  
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Image:Cole Thomas Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky 1826.jpg|''Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky'' (1826)
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Image:Cole Thomas Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky 1826.jpg|''[[Daniel Boone]] Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky'' (1826)
 
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*Powell, Earl A. 1990. ''Thomas Cole.'' New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 0810931583
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*Miller, Angela. 1993. ''The Empire of the Eye: Landscape Representation and American Cultural Politics, 1825-1875''. New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801428300
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*Noble, Louis Legrand, Thomas Cole, and Elliot S. Vesell. 1997. ''The Life and Works of Thomas Cole.'' Hensonville, N.Y.: Black Dome Press. ISBN 1883789133
  
 
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Revision as of 03:20, 12 December 2007

Not to be confused with Thomas Cole, a New Zealand mayor or Tom Cole, the Oklahoma representative.
Thomas Cole
Thomascole2.jpg
Thomas Cole, ca. 1844-48
Born February 1 1801(1801-02-01)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Died February 11 1848 (aged 47)
Catskill, New York
Nationality English
Field painting
Movement Hudson River School
Famous works
Thomas Cole, Landscape (1825)
Influenced Asher B. Durand and Frederic Edwin Church

Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848) was a nineteenth 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 and was concerned with the realistic and detailed portrayal of nature.

Early life and education

He was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. 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. However, he had little success painting portraits, and his interest shifted to landscape. 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.

Painting

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[1]. Returning to New York he displayed three landscapes in the window of a bookstore, where as recounted in the pages of the New York Evening Post [2] they attracted the attention of the painter John Trumbull, who sought him out, bought one of his canvases, and put him into contact with a number of his aristocratic 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.

Catskills

After 1827 he 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. He died at Catskill on February 11, 1848. The fourth highest peak in the Catskills bears his name.[1].

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 a new state government building in Columbus, Ohio. His entry won third premium, and many contend that the finished building, a composite of the first, second and third place entries, bears a great similarity to Cole's entry.

Legacy

Selected works

  • The Voyage of Life Childhood (1842)

  • The Voyage of Life Youth (1842)

  • The Voyage of Life Manhood (1840)

  • The Voyage of Life Old Age (1842)

  • The Departure (1837)

  • The Return (1837)

  • The Past (1838)

  • The Present (1838)

  • The Course of Empire The Savage State (1836)

  • The Course of Empire The Arcadian or Pastoral State (1836)

  • The Course of the Empire: The Consummation

  • The Course of Empire Destruction (1836)

  • The Course of Empire Desolation (1836)

  • L'Allegro (Italian Sunset) (1845)

  • Il Penseroso (1845)

  • The Oxbow (The Connecticut River near Northampton) (1836)

  • The Garden of Eden (1828)

  • Romantic landscape with Ruined Tower (1832-36)

  • Cole Thomas Evening in Arcady 1843.jpg

    Evening in Arcady (1843)

  • Cole Thomas Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky 1826.jpg

    Daniel Boone Sitting at the Door of His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake Kentucky (1826)

Notes

  1. ↑ Cedar Grove History

References
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  • Powell, Earl A. 1990. Thomas Cole. New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 0810931583
  • Miller, Angela. 1993. The Empire of the Eye: Landscape Representation and American Cultural Politics, 1825-1875. New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801428300
  • Noble, Louis Legrand, Thomas Cole, and Elliot S. Vesell. 1997. The Life and Works of Thomas Cole. Hensonville, N.Y.: Black Dome Press. ISBN 1883789133

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