View of Fort Putnam

View of Fort Putnam is an 1825 oil on canvas painting of the Hudson River with a view of Fort Putnam by British-American painter Thomas Cole, who founded the Hudson River School. It is currently owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1][2]

This article is about the painting. For the physical fort, see Fort Putnam.
View of Fort Putnam
ArtistThomas Cole
Year1825
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensions69.2 cm × 86.4 cm (27.2 in × 34.0 in)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Artist's Background
Main article: Thomas Cole

Tom Christopher wrote that “[Thomas] Cole’s greatest artistic asset proved to be his untutored eye.”[3] Cole emigrated to America with his family in the spring of 1819 at the age of eighteen.[4] As a child, his surroundings were of Lancashire, England, an area known to be an epicenter of Britain’s primarily industrial region. Because of this, Cole was granted an additional clarity of and sensitivity to the vibrancy of American landscapes awash with color, a stark contrast to the bleak and subdued landscapes of the country he left behind.[5]

References
  1. "View of Fort Putnam". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. "View of Fort Putnam". Explore Thomas Cole. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. Christopher, “Living Off the Landscape,” 1.
  4. Noble, The Life and Works of Thomas Cole, 6.
  5. Great Northern Catskills of Greene County. “Hudson River School of Art,” 1.

Works cited
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