Thomas Cole

(1801–1848) amerikansk landskapsmålare

Thomas Cole (USA, 1801–1848) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Thomas Cole belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Thomas Cole was born in Bolton and died in New York City. Thomas Cole worked in Steubenville, New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Wikidata associates Thomas Cole with Hudson River school. The students included Frederic Edwin Church.

The best-known works include ‘The Oxbow’, ‘The Voyage of Life’, ‘The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge’, and ‘The Course of Empire’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 175 works by Thomas Cole with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1939. Works by Thomas Cole are held by several collections, among them New York Historical, Detroit Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links 12 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Titian Peale, Francis Alexander, Sarah Miriam Peale, Alfred d'Orsay, and Johann Karl Baehr.

• Romanticism
• The Architect's Dream
• The Oxbow
• The Titan's Goblet
• The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
• Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill)
• Prometheus Bound
• Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
• Kaaterskill Falls
• Cross at Sunset
• The Fountain of Vaucluse
• View of Florence
• Arch of Nero
• Genesee Scenery
• View of Fort Putnam