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Autumn in the Catskills
by Thomas Cole
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Thomas Cole rendered this view of the Catskill Mountains in autumn, showcasing the vibrant fall colors of the American wilderness. The landscape embodies the Romantic celebration of untouched nature.
Cole founded the Hudson River School and championed American landscape painting. This work is at the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, New York.
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About Autumn in the Catskills
It's a Hudson River School painting. Cole founded this movement celebrating American landscapes.
You can see it at the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY, near the Catskills that Cole loved.
Thomas Cole founded the Hudson River School, America's first major art movement. His paintings of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley celebrated the American wilderness as a spiritual landscape.
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