Thomas Cole
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Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was an (English-born) American landscape painter and poet. He was one of the leaders of the Hudson River School. Frederic Edwin Church was his only student. Cole died when he was only 47.
In 1829–32 he visited Europe, and it was partly the influence of Turner and John Martin that encouraged him to turn from the depiction of natural scenery towards grandiose historical and allegorical themes, notably in two great series of paintings: The Course of Empire (1836, New-York Historical Society) and The Voyage of Life (1839–40, Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., Utica). [1]
Ruined Tower, c. 1832-36.
The Architect's Dream, 1840.
View from Mount Holyoke.
The Voyage Of Life, Manhood, 1842.