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Thomas cole artist biography
Thomas Cole
19th-century English-American painter (1801-1848)
For other people named Thomas Cole, see Thomas Cole (disambiguation).
Thomas Cole | |
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Daguerreotype of Cole by an unknown photographer, c. 1845, published within the Archives of American Art Journal | |
| Born | (1801-02-01)February 1, 1801 Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England |
| Died | February 11, 1848(1848-02-11) (aged 47) Catskill, New York, U.S |
| Known for | Painting, oil on canvas |
| Notable work | The Titan's Goblet The Course of Empire The Oxbow The Voyage of Life among others... |
| Movement | Hudson River School |
Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement.[1][2] Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter.
He was known for his romantic landscape and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, but with a strong Ameri