Tag Archives: Thomas Cole

Bridges On The Hudson

November 6, 2024 – 7:52 pm

Written Sep 2, 2018 The Kaaterskil Creek flows East out of the Catskill Mountains Into the Hudson River___ The creek has existed since the Ice Age. For millenium the primordial Glacial Shield sheared off the tops of much high mountains forming the Catskills. Granite tops their ruined peaks. A land of wonder. In 1818 at […]

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Deja Vu From Holyoke

October 19, 2021 – 11:49 am

Several years ago I visited Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts for the first time in decades. My sister, her husband, and daughter slowly inspected each and every painting, while I sought out Northeast classics such as Fitz Hugh Lane’s OWL’S HEAD, Winslow Homer’s THE FOG, and Childe Hassam’s BOSTON COMMONS AT SUNSET. I have admired […]

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A View Of Kaaterskil

July 24, 2017 – 8:53 pm

A young Thomas Cole traveled to the Catskill Mountain House in the 1820s. He painted many scenic views of the mountains. The view from his house from 1827 was captured in View Near the Village of Catskill. I have stood on the porch. Time remains the same now and it was then.

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Thomas Cole’s View

November 11, 2016 – 5:41 pm

Thomas Cole painted scores of landscapes during mid-1800s. Some of them are the view from his studio in the town of Catskill. I’ve stood on the porch of his house at Cedar Farm. The vista remains the same. Splendid any time of the year.

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