# View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, in Hudson River School

Thomas Cole painted this in 1836, aged 35. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> From the summit of Mount Holyoke, the Connecticut River loops in a great oxbow through cultivated fields, while at the left a storm passes over wild, shattered trees. Thomas Cole divides the canvas between wilderness and settlement, darkness and light, inviting reflection on what America was making of its landscape.

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## The work

- Date: 1836
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 08.228
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Cole](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-cole), American, born England,1801–1848

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.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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