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Home in the Woods

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Description: Home in the Woods
TitleHome in the Woods
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationReynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
https:/­/­reynoldahouse.emuseum.com/­objects/­49/­home-in-the-woods?ctx=9d0c4fb1130bd3766d9ad9301a759011c81cb9f8&idx=0
Accession number1978.2.2
SubjectsLog cabins in artCountry life in artHudson River school of landscape painting
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Unsettling Landscape: An Artists’ Conversation
Alan Michelson and Christopher Pease and Elizabeth W. Hutchinson
Description: Colonization, Wilderness, and Spaces Between: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Painting...
Colonization, Wilderness, and Spaces Between: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Painting in Australia and the United States
~Christopher Pease (Noongar, b. 1960) and Alan Michelson (Mohawk, b. 1953) are artists whose work directly engages the visual cultures of the settler states of Australia and the United States. In their work, each artist addresses how imagery serves to erase Indigenous presence on and relationships to the land, though in different ways. Pease is a painter. He...
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Alan Michelson and Christopher Pease and Elizabeth W. Hutchinson
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2020, Terra Foundation for American Art
Related print edition pages: pp.164-185
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00293.9
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Chapter subject tags:Indigenous peoplesColonizationEnvironmental degradationInstallations (Art)Panoramas

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Description: View of the Round-Top in the Catskill Mountains (Sunny Morning on the Hudson River)
View of the Round-Top in the Catskill Mountains (Sunny Morning on the Hudson River)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 18
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions18 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (47.31 x 64.45 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/view-of-the-round-top-in-the-catskill-mountains-33072
Accession number47.12
View of the Round-Top in the Catskill...
Sunny Morning on the Hudson River
Description: Distant View of Niagara Falls
Distant View of Niagara Falls
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1830
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions47.9 × 60.6 cm (18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
LocationThe Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/90048
Accession number1946.396
Distant View of Niagara Falls
Distant View of Niagara Falls
Description: View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1838
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1335.1917
Accession number1335.1917
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County,...
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
Description: The Titan's Goblet
The Titan's Goblet
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 10
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1833
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions19 3/8 × 16 1/8 in. (49.2 × 41 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10499?sortBy=Relevance&ft=titan%27s+goblet&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
Accession number04.29.2
The Titan's Goblet
The Titan's Goblet
Description: Distant View of Niagara Falls, detail
Distant View of Niagara Falls, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1830
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/90048
Accession number1946.396
Distant View of Niagara Falls, detail
Distant View of Niagara Falls, detail
Description: Landscape Composition, St. John in the Wilderness
Landscape Composition, St. John in the Wilderness
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 28 15/16 in. (91.4 × 73.5 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1848.16
Landscape Composition, St. John in the...
Landscape Composition, St. John in the Wilderness
Description: Voyage of Life: Manhood
Voyage of Life: Manhood
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1840
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions52 × 78 in.
LocationMunson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
http://www.mwpai.org/view/collections/thomas-coles-the-voyage-of-life/
Voyage of Life: Manhood
Voyage of Life: Manhood
Description: Landscape with Dead Tree
Landscape with Dead Tree
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1827–1828
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.
LocationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School on Design, Providence, Rhode Island
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/812_landscape_landscape_with_tree_trunks
Accession number30.063
Landscape with Dead Tree
Landscape with Dead Tree
Description: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827–1828
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/expulsion-from-the-garden-of-eden-33060
Accession number47.1188
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Description: Daniel Boone and His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake
Daniel Boone and His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1826
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 × 42 1/2 in.
LocationMead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=0&id_number=AC+P.1939.7
Accession numberACP.1939.7
Daniel Boone and His Cabin on the Great...
Daniel Boone and His Cabin on the Great Osage Lake
Description: View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The...
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10497
Accession number08.228
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton,...
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Description: The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1829
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions35 3/4 × 47 5/8 in. (90.8 × 121.4 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=5080
Accession number1983.4(0)
The Subsiding of the Waters of the...
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
Description: Torre di Schiavi
Torre di Schiavi
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1842
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on wood panel
Dimensions14 3/4 × 24 in.
Torre di Schiavi
Torre di Schiavi
Description: Landscape Composition, Italian Scenery
Landscape Composition, Italian Scenery
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1832
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions37 1/2 × 54 1/4 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/54871/italian-scene-composition
Accession number1858.19
Landscape Composition, Italian Scenery
Landscape Composition, Italian Scenery
Description: The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 1/4 × 63 1/4 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/56323/the-course-of-empire-the-arcadian-or-pastoral-state
Accession number1858.2
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or...
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Description: The Course of Empire: Desolation
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.25 × 63 in. (99.7 × 160 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/21572/the-course-of-empire-desolation
Accession number1858.5
The Course of Empire: Desolation
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Description: L'Allegro
L'Allegro
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1845
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 1/8 × 48 in. (81.6 × 121.92 cm)
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art
https://collections.lacma.org/node/240726
Accession numberM.74.53
L'Allegro
L'Allegro
Description: Dream of Arcadia
Dream of Arcadia
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1838
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 1/4 × 63 in. (98.1 × 159.4 cm)
LocationDenver Art Museum
https://denverartmuseum.org/object/1954.71
Accession number1954.71
Dream of Arcadia
Dream of Arcadia
Description: River in the Catskills
River in the Catskills
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1844
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 1/2 × 40 3/8 in. (69.85 × 102.55 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/river-in-the-catskills-33073
Accession number47.1201
River in the Catskills
River in the Catskills
Description: Sketch of Monument Rock near Sand Beach, Mount Desert
Sketch of Monument Rock near Sand Beach, Mount Desert
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1844
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPencil on paper
Dimensions9.75 × 16 in. (24.8 × 40.6 cm)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/sketch-monument-rock-near-sand-beach-mount-desert-39298
Accession number39.269
Sketch of Monument Rock near Sand Beach,...
Sketch of Monument Rock near Sand Beach, Mount Desert
Description: The Falls of Kaaterskill
The Falls of Kaaterskill
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1826
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions43 × 36 in. (109.2 × 91.4 cm)
LocationThe Warner Collection of Gulf State Paper Corporations, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The Falls of Kaaterskill
The Falls of Kaaterskill
Description: Corway [Chocorua] Peak, New Hampshire
Corway [Chocorua] Peak, New Hampshire
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1844
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
LocationMaier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Corway [Chocorua] Peak, New Hampshire
Corway [Chocorua] Peak, New Hampshire
Description: Voyage of Life: Youth
Voyage of Life: Youth
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1840
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions52.5 × 78.5 in. (133.4 × 199.4 cm)
LocationMunson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York
Accession number55.106
Voyage of Life: Youth
Voyage of Life: Youth
Description: Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet...
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 × 31 in. (63.5 × 78.7 cm)
LocationFenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York
https://collections.fenimoreart.org/objects/1896/landscape-scene-from-the-last-of-the-mohicans
Accession numberN0194.1961
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans":...
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund
Description: Drawing of Rocks
Drawing of Rocks
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1831
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPencil on paper
Dimensions8.25 × 11.25 in. (21 × 28.5 cm)
LocationThe Detroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/untitled-study-rocks-and-figure-38397
Accession number39.562.111
Drawing of Rocks
Drawing of Rocks
Description: Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet...
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 3/8 x 35 1/16 in. (64.5 x 89.1 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1868.3
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans":...
Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans": Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund
Description: The Course of Empire: The Savage State
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.25 × 63.25 in. (99.7 × 160.6 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/54879/the-course-of-empire-the-savage-state
Accession number1858.1
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Description: The Course of Empire: The Savage State, detail
The Course of Empire: The Savage State, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.25 × 63.25 in. (99.7 × 160.6 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/54879/the-course-of-empire-the-savage-state
Accession number1858.1
The Course of Empire: The Savage State,...
The Course of Empire: The Savage State, detail
Description: The Course of Empire: Destruction
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.25 × 63.25 in. (99.7 × 160.6 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/41597/the-course-of-empire-destruction
Accession number1858.4
The Course of Empire: Destruction
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Description: The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, detail
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51.25 × 76 in. (103.2 × 193 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/56323/the-course-of-empire-the-arcadian-or-pastoral-state
Accession number1858.2
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or...
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, detail
Description: A View from the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains
A View from the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1839
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 61.5 in. (101.6 × 156.2 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50727.html
Accession number1967.8.1
A View from the Mountain Pass Called the...
A View from the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains
Description: The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1833–1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions101 1/2 × 185 1/2 in.
LocationChrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/13695/the-angel-appearing-to-the-shepherds?ctx=b143ce8e-3994-4346-9a1d-69889a4b73e1&idx=5
Accession number80.3
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
Description: The Colosseum, Rome
The Colosseum, Rome
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1832
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions10 1/8 × 18 1/2 in.
LocationAlbany Institute of History and Art
http://www.albanyinstitute.org/details/items/interior-of-the-colosseum-rome.html
Accession number1964.71
The Colosseum, Rome
The Colosseum, Rome
Description: The Course of Empire: Consummation
The Course of Empire: Consummation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1835–1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 × 76 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/54911/the-course-of-empire-the-consummation-of-empire
Accession number1858.3
The Course of Empire: Consummation
The Course of Empire: The Consummation
Description: Roman Campagna
Roman Campagna
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1843
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 1/2 × 48 in. (82.6 × 122 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1948.189
Roman Campagna
Roman Campagna
Description: Landscape with Figures: A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans
Landscape with Figures: A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 11
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1826
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https://collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/304/landscape-with-figures-a-scene-from-the-last-of-the-mohica
Accession number1993.2
Landscape with Figures: A Scene from The...
Landscape with Figures: A Scene from The Last of the Mohicans
Description: Landscape View near the Falls of the Kauterskill in the Catskill Mountains
Landscape View near the Falls of the Kauterskill in the Catskill Mountains
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 11
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on mahogany panel
LocationPrivate Collection
Landscape View near the Falls of the...
Landscape View near the Falls of the Kauterskill in the Catskill Mountains
Description: The Voyage of Life: Youth
The Voyage of Life: Youth
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1842
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions52 7/8 × 76 3/4 in. (134.3 194.9 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.52451.html
Accession number1971.16.2
The Voyage of Life: Youth
The Voyage of Life: Youth

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