Thomas Cole: References & Edit History
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Biographies include Louis Legrand Noble, The Life and Works of Thomas Cole (1964, reprinted 1997; originally published in 1853 as The Course of Empire, Voyage of Life, and Other Pictures of Thomas Cole, N.A.), by his minister, friend, and confidant, an excellent resource; Matthew Baigell, Thomas Cole (1981, reissued 1998); and Earl A. Powell, Thomas Cole (1990). Howard S. Merritt (ed.), Thomas Cole (1969); and William H. Truettner and Alan Wallach (eds.), Thomas Cole: Landscape into History (1994), are exhibition catalogues. A further discussion of his work can be found in Ellwood C. Parry, The Art of Thomas Cole: Ambition and Imagination (1988).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Feb 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Painters - Thomas Cole. | Jul 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Thomas Cole, The Oxbow. | Jul 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Thomas Cole. | Mar 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Thomas Cole. | Mar 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Thomas Cole. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Thomas Cole. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Van Gogh Gallery - Biography of Thomas Cole. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Biography of Thomas Cole. | Sep 02, 2013 | ||
| Added Earl A. Powell's Thomas Cole. |
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Mar 01, 2013 | |
| New bibliography added. | Mar 01, 2013 | ||
| Image added of Thomas Cole's painting The Pic-Nic. | Dec 17, 2010 | ||
| Added image of Thomas Cole's painting A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning (1844). | May 19, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Thomas Cole. | Jun 19, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 28, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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