Oil Painting "The Course of Empire The Savage State" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay. The first painting The Savage State shows the valley from the shore opposite the crag in the dim light of a dawning stormy day. A hunter clad in skins hastens through the wilderness pursuing a deer canoes paddle up the river on the far shore can be seen a clearing with a cluster of wigwams around a fire the nucleus of the city that is to be. The visual references are those of Native American life.

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Painting "The Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch)" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Notch of the White Mountains (1839) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting (109 x 92 cm) is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art Washington DC USA.

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Oil Painting "Landscape with Figures A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

Scene from The Last of the Mohicans (1826) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting is now in the collection of the Terra Museum of American Art Chicago IL USA.

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Oil Painting "The Course of Empire Desolation" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833-36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay. The fifth painting Desolation shows the results years later. We view the remains of the city in the livid light of a dying day. The landscape has begun to return to wilderness and no human beings are to be seen but the remnants of their architecture emerge from beneath a mantle of trees ivy and other overgrowth. The broken stumps of the pharoses loom in the background. The arches of the shattered bridge and the columns of the temple are still visible a single column looms in the foreground now a nesting place for birds. The sunrise of the first painting is mirrored here by a moonrise a pale light reflecting in the ruin-choked river while the standing pillar reflects the last rays of sunset. Sic transit gloria mundi.

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Oil Painting "The Clove Catskills" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Clove Catskills (1827) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting is now in the collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art Connecticut USA.

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Oil Painting "Expulsion - Moon and Firelight" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

Expulsion Moon and Firelight (1828) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. This enigmatic painting of visionary character is probably a version of another work by the artist entitled The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (now in Boston). It depicts the same landscape without the figures. The painting (91 x 122 cm) is now in the collection of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid.

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Oil Painting "The Architect's Dream" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Architect s Dream (1840) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. Cole called Turner the prince of evil spirits and he sought a form of expression for his megalomanic visions that at first sight looks more peaceful. In this painting the excessive size of the capital on which the architect has reclined in reflection only becomes clear on closer inspection. However the reversal of the real conditions is intrinsically threatening and this is hardly more peaceful than Turner s chaos. The painting (136 x 214 cm) is now in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art Toledo Ohio.

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Oil Painting "Schroon Mountain Adirondacks" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

Schroon Mountain Adirondacks (1838) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting is now in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art USA.

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Oil Painting "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Reproduction

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1827-1828) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA USA.

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Oil Painting "Scene from The Last of the Mohicans" from Thomas Cole - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

Scene from The Last of the Mohicans (1827) is oil on canvas painting by the founder of the Hudson River School and American artist Thomas Cole. The painting is now in the collection of the New York State Historical Association Cooperstown NY USA.

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