Thomas ColeEstados Unidos, 1801–1848Distant View of Niagara Falls
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Thomas Cole visited Niagara Falls in May 1829, composing this romanticized, autumnal scene the following year. Portraying the grandeur of the American landscape, the artist omitted the factories, scenic overlooks, and hotels that populated the area in the early 19th century. Cole expressed concern about the environmental impact of voracious industrialism, but at the same time his painting erased the human devastation wrought by colonialism and conquest in the region, which encompassed Attiwonderonk, Haudenosaunee, and Wenrohronon lands. The two Native American figures at center, combined with the falls, identify the setting as North America, but their diminished presence in scale and number reinforces the false idea of the “vanishing Indian” and is meant to signal impending transformation rather than acknowledge their stolen sovereignty.
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En la vida de Thomas Cole
La vida entera1825–1848
89 paintings at the National Academy of Design
From the founding of the National Academy of Design in 1825 until Cole's death, 89 of his paintings were shown at its exhibitions.
1829–1832
First journey to Europe: England and Italy
Cole spent these years abroad, mainly in England and Italy.
1830
“Chocorua's Curse” in a gift-book annual
Between 1826 and 1842 five of Cole's works were engraved for the gift-book annuals The Token and Atlantic Souvenir; the critic John Neal called “Chocorua's Curse”, in the 1830 volume, 'beautifully contrived'.
July 1832
A letter to his friend Daniel Wadsworth
Cole wrote emotionally to Daniel Wadsworth, his close friend and patron, that years apart had never dimmed his memory of their friendship.
