A letter to Asher B. Durand [frame 479] requesting a canvas; a letter to an unidentified person describing the view of Schroon Lake, which he had painted in 1838; and a letter to George W. Greene, American consul, Rome, in which Cole describes his arrival back in the U.S., his upcoming painting plans, and the American scenery (especially the Catskills); he disparages the public praise of Hiram Powers, reacts to criticism of Albert B. Thorwaldson, discusses Thomas P. Rossiter's troubles in Rome, and other topics.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; New York, N.Y. Exponent of the Hudson River School.
Provenance:
Letters to Mr. Greene and unidentified donated by E.P. Richardson in memory of Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, Sr., 1955. He purchased them from Goodspeed's Bookshop. The letter to Durand donated by Charles Feinberg, ca. 1956.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Topic:
Hudson River school of landscape painting Search this
Ira Spanierman is a gallery owner from New York, New York. James McElhinney (1952- ) is a painter and educator from New York, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 21 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Research material relating to Thomas Cole, including correspondence, notes, photographs, and publications.
Biographical / Historical:
Art historian, educator.
Provenance:
Donated 1966 by Phillip M. Burno, relationship to Esther is not known.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Hudson River school : masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / introduction by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser ; catalogue by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser and Amy Ellis, with Maureen Miesmer
Hudson River School visions : the landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford / edited by Kevin J. Avery and Franklin Kelly ; assisted by Claire A. Conway ; with essays by Heidi Applegate and Eleanor Jones Harvey
Thomas Cole : landscape into history / edited by William H. Truettner and Alan Wallach ; with essays by Christine Stansell and Sean Wilentz ... [et al.]