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..
1825. Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm.. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
1825. Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm.. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for Americann Art, Chicago, IL, USA.
1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, USA.
1826. Oil on panel. 66 x 109 cm. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, USA.
1826. Oil on canvas. The Warner Collection of Gulf Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
1826. Oil on canvas. 109 x 92 cm. The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
1826. Oil on canvas. 64 x 91.2 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.
1826. Oil on canvas. 64.8 x 90 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1826-1828. Oil on panel. Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Ticonderoga, NY, USA.
c.1827. Oil on panel. 47.5 x 64 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. 64.2 x 89 cm.Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, USA.
c.1827. Oil on canvas. New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. 63.4 x 91.5 cm. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, USA.
c.1827. Oil on canvas. 69 x 82 cm. Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, CA, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. 91.2 x 122 cm. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1827. Oil on canvas. 91.2 x 122 cm. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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)