Thomas Cole


Thomas Cole Portrait
Name
Thomas Cole
Life Dates
1801-1848
Country
USA
Movement
Hudson River School

Thomas Cole Biography

Thomas Cole was born on February 1, 1801, in the town of Bolton-le-Moor in Lancashire, England, into the family of James Cole, a woolen manufacturer, and his wife Mary. According to some accounts, the first fourteen years of Thomas’ life were spent in great misery. In 1810, at the age of nine, Thomas was sent to school in the city of Chester, where he allegedly suffered from malnutrition, harsh discipline and..


Thomas Cole 105 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape.
    Landscape.

    1825. Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm.. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape. Detail.
    Landscape. Detail.

    1825. Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm.. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "
    Landscape With Figures: A Scene From "

    1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for Americann Art, Chicago, IL, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "
    Landscape With Figures: A Scene From "

    1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "
    Landscape With Figures: A Scene From "

    1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Falls of Kaaterskill.
    Falls Of Kaaterskill.

    1826. Oil on canvas. The Warner Collection of Gulf Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Falls of Kaaterskill. Detail.
    Falls Of Kaaterskill. Detail.

    1826. Oil on canvas. 109 x 92 cm. The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Kaaterskill Falls.
    Kaaterskill Falls.

    1826. Oil on canvas. 64 x 91.2 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains.
    Sunrise In The Catskill Mountains.

    1826. Oil on canvas. 64.8 x 90 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Gelyna (View near Ticonderoga).
    Gelyna (View Near Ticonderoga).

    1826-1828. Oil on panel. Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Ticonderoga, NY, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Sunny Morning on the Hudson River.
    Sunny Morning On The Hudson River.

    c.1827. Oil on panel. 47.5 x 64 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape Scene from "
    Landscape Scene From "

    1827. Oil on canvas. 64.2 x 89 cm.Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans.
    Landscape Scene From The Last Of The Mohicans.

    1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape Scene from "
    Landscape Scene From "

    1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Landscape Scene from "
    Landscape Scene From "

    1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. The Clove, Catskills.
    The Clove, Catskills.

    c.1827. Oil on canvas. New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. The Clove, Catskills. Detail.
    The Clove, Catskills. Detail.

    1827. Oil on canvas. 63.4 x 91.5 cm. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. View in the White Mountains.
    View In The White Mountains.

    c.1827. Oil on canvas. 69 x 82 cm. Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Indian Sacrifice.
    Indian Sacrifice.

    1827. Oil on canvas. 91.2 x 122 cm. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

  • Thomas Cole. Indian Sacrifice. Detail.
    Indian Sacrifice. Detail.

    1827. Oil on canvas. 91.2 x 122 cm. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Thomas Cole Bibliography

Art of the United States of America. 1675-1975. by A. Chegodayev. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1976. (in Russian)

The Life and Works of Thomas Cole by Louis Legrand Noble, Elliot S. Vesell (Editor). Black Dome Pr, 1997.

Thomas Cole (Famous Artists Series) by Matthew Baigell. Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1988.

Thomas Cole's Poetry: The Collected Poems of America's Foremost Painter of the Hudson River School by Thomas Cole, Marshall B. Tymn (Editor). George Shumway Pub, 1972.

Thomas Cole by Earl A Powell. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, NY (1990).

from Broome County Public Library, Binghamton

All That is Glorious Around Us. Paintings from the Hudson River School by John Driscoll. Cornell University Press (1997)

Hudson River School Visions. The Landscapes of Sanford R.Gifford. by Kevin J. Avery, Eleanor Jones Harvey, Franklin Kelly and Heidi Applegate. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2003).

American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School by Kevin J. Avery. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (19873).

Hudson River And Its Painters by Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat. Random House Value Publishing (1988)

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