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The National Gallery’s exhibition on Thomas Cole presents the American landscape artist as a major global figure of the 19th Century.
The National Gallery’s exhibition on Thomas Cole presents the American landscape artist as a major global figure of the 19th Century. Born in Britain but based in America, Cole’s artistic style was influenced by his background and his trips to Europe. For example, The Oxbow is known as a masterpiece of American landscape painting, but it wouldn’t look out of place in a European collection.
The impact of the artist’s journeys to England and Italy are made clear by the National Gallery’s decision to display European artists’ work alongside his. You’ll be able to compare Cole’s work to his contemporaries, such as Turner and Constable.
Much of Cole’s work is rarely seen outside of the States and this is the first time certain pieces have ever been displayed in the UK, one being the renowned painting cycle, The Course of Empire.
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN
Thomas Cole A View near Tivoli (Morning), 1832 Oil on canvas 37.5 x 58.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1903 (03.27) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thomas Cole The Titan's Goblet, 1833 Oil on canvas 49.2 x 41 cm 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Samuel P. Avery Jr., 1904 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thomas Cole Clouds, about 1838 Oil on paper laid down on canvas 22.2 x 27.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 2013 (2013.201) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thomas Cole View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow, 1836 Oil on canvas 130.8 x 193 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs Russell Sage (08.228) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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