Thomas Cole
1801–1848 · Romanticism & Landscape
Biography
Thomas Cole (1801–1848), born in England, became the founder of the Hudson River School, the first American movement of landscape painting. His grand views celebrate, and lament, the American wilderness.
From the artist’s life
Thomas Cole (1801–1848), born in England and raised in the United States, was the founder of the Hudson River School. His landscapes combined American wilderness with moral and allegorical messages.
From the page of The Course of Empire: Destruction
