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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_OxbowThe Oxbow - Wikipedia

    View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, commonly known as The Oxbow, is a seminal American landscape painting by Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. The 1836 painting depicts a Romantic panorama of the Connecticut River Valley just after a thunderstorm.

  2. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionThomas Cole - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Cole's unequivocal construction and composition of the scene, charged with moral significance, is reinforced by his depiction of himself in the middle distance, perched on a promontory painting the Oxbow. He is an American producing American art, in communion with American scenery.

  3. www.khanacademy.org › a › cole-the-oxbowThomas Cole, The Oxbow (article) | Khan Academy

    An American painter born in England. During the nineteenth century—an expanse of time that saw the elevation of landscape painting to a point of national pride—Thomas Cole reigned supreme as the undisputed leader of the Hudson River School of landscape painters (not an actual school, but a group of New York city-based landscape painters).

  4. smarthistory.org › cole-the-oxbowSmarthistory – Thomas Cole, The Oxbow

    Dec 6, 2023 · The Oxbow: More than a bend in the Connecticut River. A wonderful illustration of this is Cole’s 1836 masterwork, A View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, a painting that is generally (and mercifully) known as The Oxbow.

  5. artincontext.org › the-oxbow-by-thomas-cole“The Oxbow” by Thomas Cole – A Look at “The Oxbow” Painting

    Jun 6, 2023 · The Oxbow painting from 1836 is just one example of how the artist captured the magnificence of the North American landscape while touching on ideas of civilization, development, and the wilderness. Below we will discuss the artwork in more detail. Table of Contents [ Show] Artist Abstract: Who Was Thomas Cole?

  6. www.metmuseum.org › articles › thomas-cole-clouds-oxbow"The soul of all scenery": Thomas Cole's Clouds

    As a keen observer of weather conditions, Cole used the sky in such major works as The Met's View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow to convey the central narrative and "soul" of the painting.

  7. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionThomas Cole - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Title: Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow) Artist: Thomas Cole (American, Lancashire 1801–1848 Catskill, New York) Date: 1836. Geography: Made in United States. Culture: American. Medium: Oil and pencil on composition board. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (14 x 23.8 cm)