Provenance
The artist
Estate of above
Mary Vincent Cole, granddaughter of the artist
Alexander Acevedo, New York, 1993
Michael N. Altman, New York, New York
Eli Wilner & Co, New York, New York
The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York, New York, 2011, acquired from above
Exhibited
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from The Warner Collection, September 20, 1997–January 25, 1998
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings, January 30 May–13, 2018
Literature
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser and Tim Barringer, Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018), 227–228.
Related Works
The Hunter’s Return, 1845, oil on canvas, 40⅛ x 60½ inches; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Home in the Woods, 1847, oil on canvas, 44⅜ x 66⅛ inches, signed: T Cole; Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Note: This work shows a strong compositional similarity to Thomas Cole’s larger painting Home in the Woods, which was commissioned in 1847 by the American Art-Union—an organization that promoted contemporary American art and offered members the chance to win a painting in an annual raffle. In both depictions, Cole portrays the life of the early white settler, emphasizing the grand scale of the American wilderness surrounding the family’s wooden cabin.
Artist Biography
Hudson River School Founder and America’s Premier Landscape Painter
By William Tylee Ranney Abbott
Thomas Cole was one of the original founders of American landscape painting. The artist was not only responsible for the establishment and development of the Hudson River School, but has also greatly influenced and defined the tradition of artistic expression in the United States.
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