Who painted “The Oxbow”?

“The Oxbow” was painted by Thomas Cole in 1836. Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What to look for

Hudson River School: grand, detailed panoramas of untouched American wilderness with golden light; the Barbizon School is smaller, darker and more intimate.

Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an Anglo-American artist who founded the Hudson River School art movement. He painted romantic landscapes and history paintings. Wikipedia

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More by Thomas Cole

“The Architect's Dream”, 1840
“The Titan's Goblet”, 1833
“Prometheus Bound”, 1847
“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden”, 1828
“The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge”, 1829
“Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill)”, 1825
“Kaaterskill Falls”, 1826
“View of Florence”, 1837