Thomas Cole (1 February 1801 – 11 February 1848)

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood 1842.

Thomas Cole was an American painter born in the English North West 

county of Lancashire. He founded one of the most influential schools 

of painting, the Hudson River School. One of his students at this school 

was the equally famous landscape painter Albert Bierstadt.

Cole's best known paintings are allegorical works that include a series 

called Course of Empire and The Voyage of Life.

Thomas Cole, The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey 1848.

Thomas Cole, The Garden of Eden 1828.

Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire 1836.

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Youth 1842.

Thomas Cole, Expulsion. Moon and Firelight 1828.

Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northamptom, Massachusetts, 

after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow) 1836.

Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: Desolation 1836.

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Manhood 1842.

Thomas Cole, Prometheus Bond 1847.

Thomas Cole, II Penseroso (The Thinker) 1845.

Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: Destruction 1836.

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age 1842.

Thomas Cole, The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds 1834.

Thomas Cole, Moonlight 1834.

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Old Age (Study) 1839.

Thomas Cole, The Titan's Goblet 1833.