Cole Thomas The Course of Empire The Arcadian or Pastoral State 1836
Summary
The Arcadian or Pastoral State, second painting in The Course of Empire, by Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole(1801–1848) inspired the generation of American landscape painters that came to be known as the Hudson River School. Born in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, in 1801, at the age of seventeen he emigrated with his family to the United States, first working as a wood engraver in Philadelphia before going to Steubenville, Ohio, where his father had established a wallpaper manufacturing business.
Date
1834
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain