Thomas Cole Gallery
The Course of Empire: Desolation
1836
Oil on canvas
39 1/4 x 63 1/4 in (100 x 160 cm)
New York Historical Society

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Course of Empire
Desolation
Voyage of Life
Youth
Old Age
Catskills
Genesee Scenery

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Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Thomas Cole was born at Bolton, Lancashire and emigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. The most prominent painter of landscapes in America in his day, he is best known for starting the Hudson River School and for having Frederick Edwin Church as a pupil.
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