Thomas ColeÉtats-Unis, 1801–1848View of Florence
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À propos du tableau
Vue de Florence depuis San Miniato – en anglais View of Florence – est un tableau réalisé par le peintre américain Thomas Cole en 1837 dans l'État de New York. Cette huile sur toile est un paysage urbain qui représente Florence depuis la basilique San Miniato al Monte. Exécutée à partir d'une esquisse au crayon prise en Italie en 1831, l'œuvre est conservée depuis 1961 par le Cleveland Museum of Art, à Cleveland, dans l'Ohio.
Selon le musée
Cole visited Italy in 1831 and made a small pencil sketch of this vista of Florence shortly before sunset. In his New York studio six years later, he transformed the drawing into this large oil painting, adding picturesque humans and goats to the foreground. Exhibiting View of Florence alongside a painting of the Catskill Mountains in New York in 1837, Cole set out to prove that he had mastered the very different landscapes of the Old and New Worlds.
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- 1961.39
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- Image : Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
Dans la vie de Thomas Cole
La vie entière1825–1848
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.
1836
Marries Maria Bartow
Cole married Maria Bartow of Catskill, a niece of the owners of Cedar Grove, and became a year-round resident there; the couple had five children.
1836
Writes the essay “American Scenery”
In his article on “American Scenery” Cole described his complex relationship with the American landscape in aesthetic, emotional and spiritual terms.
1838
Third place in the Ohio Statehouse competition
Cole wrote poetry and dabbled in architecture: he took third place in the competition to design the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, and many contend that the finished building, a composite of the three winning entries, closely resembles his design.
