Journey into the life & art of Hudson River School founder Thomas Cole. In part two of Reframing an Empire, we delve into the life, times, and legacy of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River ...

As Allison C. Meier writes in her essay “When Landscape Painting Was Protest Art,” Cole’s mid-1830s series “The Course of Empire” reflected his anxiety over 19th-century American ...

Thomas Cole’s life and work coincide with a pivotal period in American history. Before Cole’s eyes and on his canvas, the newly formed nation would find a vision of its identity born and its ...