# Thomas Cole

American, born England,1801–1848; born in Lancashire; died in Catskill, New York

Cole emigrated from Lancashire to the United States as a teenager and, largely self-taught, made his name in 1825 with views of the Catskill Mountains that launched what became known as the Hudson River School. Years in England and Italy deepened his ambitions, and he joined landscape to moral allegory in series such as The Course of Empire and The Voyage of Life. The Oxbow sets wild forest against cultivated valley. He lived at Catskill, New York, until his early death.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [View of Florence](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-florence-cma-136911), Thomas Cole, 1837. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-from-mount-holyoke-northampton-massachusetts-after-a-th-met-10497), Thomas Cole, 1836. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-pilgrim-of-the-cross-at-the-end-of-his-journey-study-for-si-saam-1965-10), Thomas Cole, ca. 1846-1848. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.