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Sunset, View on the Catskill is an 1833 oil on wood painting by American painter Thomas Cole. It is currently owned by the New-York Historical Society.[1][2]

Sunset, View on the Catskill
Artist	Thomas Cole
Year	1833
Medium	Oil on wood
Dimensions	41.9 cm × 62.2 cm (16.5 in × 24.5 in)
Location	New-York Historical Society, New York, New York

Description

The work is in oval format ande depicts a view of North Mountain from Catskill Creek.[2]

Artist's Background

Tom Christopher wrote that “[Thomas] Cole’s greatest artistic asset proved to be his untutored eye.”[3] Cole emigrated to America with his family in the spring of 1819 at the age of eighteen.[4] As a child, his surroundings were of Lancashire, England, an area known to be an epicenter of Britain’s primarily industrial region. Because of this, Cole was granted an additional clarity of and sensitivity to the vibrancy of American landscapes awash with color, a stark contrast to the bleak and subdued landscapes of the country he left behind.[5]

History

Cole created the work for New York merchant Luman Reed. After a trip through Europe, Cole was inspired by 16th century painter Claude Lorrain. Consequently, the Claudean influence is clearly seen in this painting.[2]

References

Works cited

• Christopher, Tom. "Living Off the Landscape: How Thomas Cole and Frederick Church made Themselves at Home in the Hudson River Valley." Humanities 30, no. 4 (2009):6-11.
• Christopher, Tom (July 2009). "Living Off the Landscape". Humanities. National Endowment for the Humanities. 30 (4). ISSN 0018-7526. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
• Noble, Luis Legrand. The Life and Works of Thomas Cole. Edited by Elliot S. Vesell Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
• Great Northern Catskills of Greene County. “Hudson River School of Art”. http://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/arts-culture/hudson-river-school-art.

External links

• Explore Thomas Cole provided by the National Park Service

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