The School That Never Was: Thomas Cole's Personal View Of Art
Hunter McDonald
Professor Terrell
English Composition One
27 February 2013
The School That Never Was
Everyone has his/her own personal views of art. Art surrounds our lives on a daily basis, and has been around since the beginning of time. There has been many famous artists throughout history including, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Picasso. These people, along with others, sculpted the idea of visual art as we know it today. Art movements begin with an idea for a painting, followed by the process of putting that idea onto a canvas. Other artists see this painting and decide to “copy-cat” it. According to the Artlex Dictionary of Art “landscape” is defined as “work of art that depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests” “The Hudson River School” movement was started when Thomas Cole went on a sketching trip down the Hudson River. These sketches were of the many different sceneries down the river, which started the landscape paintings in this movement. These landscape paintings created by the Hudson River school depicts the Hudson River Valley along with romantic, illuminating light throughout the paintings.( Dictionary of art 843) …show more content…
Cole learned the rudiments of his profession from a portrait painter named Stein. Unfortunately, Cole had little success painting portraits. He then shifted his interests to landscape paintings. Cole moved to New York around 1825 where he sold five paintings to a man named George W. Bruen. After this, Bruen financed a trip for Cole down the Hudson River in order to sketch these landscapes that later started the Hudson River School Movement. Frederick Edwin Church was also considered to be an important artist throughout the Hudson River School. He was a student of Thomas Cole who was, ”always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works.”
Professor Terrell
English Composition One
27 February 2013
The School That Never Was
Everyone has his/her own personal views of art. Art surrounds our lives on a daily basis, and has been around since the beginning of time. There has been many famous artists throughout history including, Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Picasso. These people, along with others, sculpted the idea of visual art as we know it today. Art movements begin with an idea for a painting, followed by the process of putting that idea onto a canvas. Other artists see this painting and decide to “copy-cat” it. According to the Artlex Dictionary of Art “landscape” is defined as “work of art that depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests” “The Hudson River School” movement was started when Thomas Cole went on a sketching trip down the Hudson River. These sketches were of the many different sceneries down the river, which started the landscape paintings in this movement. These landscape paintings created by the Hudson River school depicts the Hudson River Valley along with romantic, illuminating light throughout the paintings.( Dictionary of art 843) …show more content…
Cole learned the rudiments of his profession from a portrait painter named Stein. Unfortunately, Cole had little success painting portraits. He then shifted his interests to landscape paintings. Cole moved to New York around 1825 where he sold five paintings to a man named George W. Bruen. After this, Bruen financed a trip for Cole down the Hudson River in order to sketch these landscapes that later started the Hudson River School Movement. Frederick Edwin Church was also considered to be an important artist throughout the Hudson River School. He was a student of Thomas Cole who was, ”always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works.”