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Thomas Cole
English-born American painter (–)
For other people named Thomas Cole, see Thomas Cole (disambiguation).
Thomas Cole | |
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Daguerreotype of Cole by an unknown photographer, c. , published within the Archives of American Art Journal | |
| Born | ()February 1, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England |
| Died | February 11, () (aged&#;47) Catskill, New York, U.S |
| Known&#;for | Painting, oil on canvas |
| Notable work | The Titan's Goblet The Course of Empire The Oxbow The Voyage of Life among others |
| Movement | Hudson River School |
Thomas Cole (February 1, – February 11, ) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement.[1][2] Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, but with a strong American sensibility,[3] he was prolific throughout his caree
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Biography
Identified by Time Magazine as "one of the sharpest minds in the House," Tom Cole is currently serving in his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the outset of his service in Congress, Cole was named one of the "Five Freshmen to Watch" by Roll Call. In , he was recognized by Newsmax as the "hardest working member in Congress." He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in
Cole is recognized as a tireless advocate for taxpayers and small businesses, supporter of a strong national defense and leader in promoting biomedical research. He is considered the foremost expert in the House on issues related to Native Americans and tribal governments.
Cole is the Chairman, the top Republican leadership position on the committee, of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which he has served on since He also previously served as the Chairman of the House Rules Committee.
Cole also served as a Deputy Whip for the Republican Conference and sits o
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Thomas Cole (–)
Thomas Cole 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 , 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. Dissatisfied in the business, Cole received rudimentary instruction from an itinerant artist, began painting portraits, genre scenes, and a few landscapes, and set out to seek his fortune through Ohio and Pennsylvania. bygd , he was working for his father igen in Pittsburgh, where his family had relocated, but soon moved on to Philadelphia to pursue his art, inspired by paintings he saw at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Moving to New York City in spring , Cole made a trip up the Hudson River to the eastern Catskill Mountains in the vicinity of the recently opened Ca