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Thomas Cole: An American Treasure

Thomas Cole brought to life landscape painting as none have before.
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Thomas Cole: An American Treasure
'THE VOYAGE OF LIFE: YOUTH': by Thomas Cole (1801�1848), oil on canvas, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art Artrenewal.org
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'NIAGARA FALLS': by Thomas Cole (1801�1848), oil on panel, Art Institute of Chicago (Artrenewal.org)

Setting a new movement in American art, Thomas Cole copiously studied nature. Every twist and bend in an ancient cedar’s roots, every leaf, every hue of a sunset, Thomas Cole brought to life landscape painting as none have before and opened up the American west in a sublime marriage of man, nature and the eternal.

Tim Gerbhart
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