Thomas Cole

1801–1848 · Romanticism

Thomas Cole was an Anglo-American artist who founded the Hudson River School art movement. He painted romantic landscapes and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, but with a strong American sensibility, he was prolific throughout his career and worked primarily with oil on canvas.

38 paintings

• New England Scenery (1839)
• Distant View of Niagara Falls (1830)
• View of Florence (1837)
• View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm (1838)
• Scene from “The Last of the Mohicans,” Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (1827)
• The Architect's Dream (1840)
• The Fountain of Vaucluse (1841)
• The Pic-Nic (1846)
• Indian Pass (1847)
• The Course of Empire: Desolation (1836)
• The Course of Empire: Destruction (1836)
• The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State (1834)
• The Course of Empire: The Savage State (1836)
• The Course of Empire: Consummation (1836)
• The Notch of the White Mountains (1839)
• View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm (1838)
• The Garden of Eden (1828)
• The Hunter's Return (1845)
• Dream of Arcadia (1838)
• The Cascatelli, Tivoli, Looking Towards Rome (1832)
• Landscape Sketch
• The Cross in the Wilderness (1845)
• Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1828)
• The Mill, Sunset (1844)
• Study for "Catskill Creek" (c. 1844/1845)
• The Return (1837)
• The Departure (1837)
• Tornado in an American Forest (1831)
• A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch) (1839)
• Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design (c. 1838)
• The Voyage of Life: Childhood (1842)
• The Voyage of Life: Youth (1842)
• The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842)
• The Voyage of Life: Old Age (1842)
• Sunrise in the Catskills (1826)
• Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower (1838)
• Expulsion: Moon and Firelight (1828)
• Cross at Sunset (1848)