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Painting of a classical city in flames, with a battle on a stone bridge, a colossal statue, and a stormy sky.

Destruction from The Course of Empire (paintings)

Thomas Cole, 1836

Painting of an idyllic pastoral valley with tall trees, grazing sheep, a classical temple on a cliff, and distant mountains.

The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State

Thomas Cole, 1834

Painting of a stormy wilderness with a rocky peak, forest, hunters in the foreground, and a distant encampment by a river.

The Savage State from The Course of Empire

Thomas Cole, 1834

Painting of a grand classical city with marble temples, colonnades, a harbor full of ships, and crowds on terraces.

The Consummation of Empire from The Course of the Empire

Thomas Cole, 1836

Painting of a bound bearded man chained to a sunlit rocky peak above a mountain valley at dusk, with a bird below.

Prometheus Bound

Thomas Cole, 1847

Painting of a winged figure and a child in a golden boat on a river below cliffs, with flowers and a sunset landscape.

The Voyage of Life: Childhood

Thomas Cole, 1842

Painting of a man in a red robe in a golden boat on a turbulent river between cliffs, under a stormy sky with a glowing light

The Voyage of Life: Manhood

Thomas Cole, 1842

Painting of a waterfall plunging into a rocky stream, framed by autumn trees and hills under a dramatic sky.

Kaaterskill Falls

Thomas Cole, 1826

Painting of an elderly man in a small boat reaching toward a winged angel amid storm clouds and a rocky shore.

The Voyage of Life: Old Age

Thomas Cole, 1842

Painting of a waterfall beside a wooden mill and footbridge, framed by rocky cliffs, forest, and rolling hills under clouds.

Genesee Scenery

Thomas Cole, 1847

Romantic landscape of a mountain valley with a stormy sky, a dead tree trunk, a waterfall and a small distant figure.

Landscape (Landscape with Tree Trunks)

Thomas Cole, 1828

Painting of a forested mountain at sunrise with mist in the valley and gnarled trees in the foreground.

Sunrise in the Catskills

Thomas Cole, 1826

Painting of a waterfall between rocky cliffs in autumn woods, with a building on the left cliff and a dark storm cloud.

Portage Falls on the Genesee

Thomas Cole, 1839

Oil study of a dusk valley with dark mountains under a sky of glowing orange and gold clouds, by Thomas Cole.

Study for "Catskill Creek"

Thomas Cole, 1844

Painting of a nude man lying dead on rocky ground under a stormy sky, with fire rising at the left and a small figure in the

The Dead Abel

Thomas Cole, 1832

Painting of a lush tropical garden with palms, a waterfall, a lake, and a towering mountain in the distance.

The Garden of Eden

Thomas Cole, 1828

Painting of a stone cross on a hill at sunset, with radiating light rays over distant mountains and a winding river.

Cross at Sunset

Thomas Cole, 1848

Painting of autumn mountains, a lake, a log cabin and two hunters returning with game through a forest.

The Hunter's Return

Thomas Cole, 1845

Autumn lake with pines, red foliage, a wooded island, and distant mountains under a hazy sky, with a figure at lower left.

View on Lake Winnipiseogee

Thomas Cole, 1828

Painting of a Gothic cathedral among autumn trees at sunset, with a horseback rider, a procession, and distant mountains.

The Return

Thomas Cole, 1837

Painting of a wild mountain lake with a waterfall, stormy sky, and small hunters with bows and spears in the foreground.

A Wild Scene

Thomas Cole, 1831

Oval landscape painting of a mill by a river at sunset, with mountains, tall trees, children and a rowboat.

The Mill, Sunset

Thomas Cole, 1844

Romantic landscape with a classical temple on a hill, mountains, waterfall, and small figures in a sunlit valley.

Dream of Arcadia

Thomas Cole, 1838

Painting of a robed shepherd leading a sheep past a lake in a green valley, with a distant mountain under pink evening clouds

The Good Shepherd

Thomas Cole, 1848

Painting of cascading waterfalls below a hilltop town, with a wide hazy plain and river stretching to the horizon.

The Cascatelli, Tivoli, Looking Towards Rome

Thomas Cole, 1832

Night landscape with a glowing angel above reclining shepherds and sheep, a bright star over a distant ruined city.

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Thomas Cole, 1833

Painting of a calm creek at sunset with a distant mountain, a rowboat, a horseback rider, and a cabin beneath trees.

North Mountain and Catskill Creek

Thomas Cole, 1838

Painting of a waterfall in a rocky gorge with snowy peaks and a small figure in red drapery beneath a rainbow.

Scene from Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Study of a rugged gorge with dark trees, pale cliffs and a misty sky, painted in browns and greys.

Study for a Scene from Lord Byron’s “Manfred”

Thomas Cole, 1833

Kneeling Male Figure

Man in a High Hat

Thomas Cole, 1801

Grayscale oil study of a twisted tree with a leafy canopy and faint background trees on open ground.

Study of a Tree

Thomas Cole, 1824