Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits Asher B. Durand. Oil on canvas, 1849, 44 x 36 in. Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR. About Decode Compare Cole's Process Cole's Words Locate Thomas Cole's sudden death from pleurisy, a lung condition, on 11...

The Voyage of Life Series Page

The Voyage of Life Series Page Childhood (First Set) Youth (First Set) Manhood (First Set) Old Age (First Set) Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life, 1839-1840. Oil on canvas, Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. In the late 1830s, Cole was intent on...

Course of Empire Series Page

The Course of Empire Series The Savage State The Arcadian or Pastoral State The Consummation of Empire Destruction Desolation Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire, 1833-36. Oil on canvas, The New-York Historical Society. WithThe Course of Empire, Thomas Cole achieved...

The Savage State

The Course of Empire: The Savage State Thomas Cole. Oil on canvas, 1834, 39 ½ x 63 ½ in. Collection of The New-York Historical Society, 1858.1. About Decode Compare Cole's Process Cole's Words Locate About "The first picture, representing the savage state,...