
Thomas ColeAmerican, 1801–1848May one see it?
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
Thomas Cole, born in England, came to America in 1818 and soon was depicting the beauty and majesty of the American landscape. In this scene, he portrays a community of frontier people living in a valley, probably in upstate New York. Their attempt to tame the wilderness foreshadows similar pioneering activities in Minnesota a quarter century later.
Minneapolis Institute of Art