1) Thomas Cole, born in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire on February 1, 1801 to February 11, 1848 (aged 47), was an English-born American artist & the founder of the Hudson River School art movement.
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2) He was largely self-taught as a painter, relying on books & by studying the work of other artists. In 1822, he started working as a portrait painter & later on, shifted his focus to landscape.
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3) Eighty-nine of Cole’s paintings were exhibited at the National Academy of Design between its founding in 1825 & his death in 1848. Five of his works were published in ‘The Token & Atlantic Souvenir.’
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4) In an 1836 article on “American Scenery,” he described his complex relationship with the American landscape in esthetic, emotional, & spiritual terms. His work frames the New World as a natural Eden.
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5) Cole influenced his peers in the art movement later termed the Hudson River School, especially Asher B. Durand & Frederic Edwin Church. Cole’s influence is particularly notable in Church’s early work.
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6) The fourth highest peak in the Catskills is named Thomas Cole Mountain in his honor. Cedar Grove, aka the Thomas Cole House, was declared a National Historic Site in 1999 & is now open to the public.
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