Landscape
Thomas Cole
1825
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 23 3/4 x 31 1/2 in. (60.33 x 80.01 cm) (canvas) 36 1/4 x 43 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (92.08 x 111.13 x 13.97 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
United States
About
Thomas Cole, born in England, came to America in 1818 and soon was depicting the beauty and majesty of the American landscape. In this scene, he portrays a community of frontier people living in a valley, probably in upstate New York. Their attempt to tame the wilderness foreshadows similar pioneering activities in Minnesota a quarter century later.
![Mountain Landscape [verso]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/090b9899-535a-49da-aad8-46499e46d444/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
