Thomas Cole and his Catskill Canvases and Drawings
And so, from Carl Jonas Linnerhielm, I arrived at Thomas Cole. Both of them traveled in their young years, Linnerhielm in Lapland and Cole in the Catskills. Both of them left wonderful depictions of what they had seen. And from Thomas Cole, I promise to give you also the image of a masterpiece created by his disciple: the masterpiece is Niagara and the disciple is Frederic Edwin Church.
Thomas Cole - The Bridge of Fear, unknown dategraphite and black crayon with gray wash on wove paper
Thomas Cole - The Cross in the Wilderness, c. 1844graphite with gray-green, green-brown, and white chalk on gray paper
(Washington DC National Gallery of Art)
Labels: Hudson River School, Thomas Cole
posted by Pierre Radulescu at
4:47 PM
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I am fascinated by the passion and the deep sense of nature that radiates from these paintings. What an experience these artists went through - meeting new landscapes that no man walked before. It will be many decades or even centuries until mankind will live again such an experience - maybe - when walking on other planets.
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Dan Romascanu, at 5:25 PM
This is a great comment! Thank you, Dan!
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Pierre Radulescu, at 5:55 PM
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