The Fountain of Vaucluse explained

The Fountain of Vaucluse
Artist:Thomas Cole
Year:1841
Material:Oil on Canvas
Height Imperial:69
Width Imperial:49.125
Height Metric:175.26
Width Metric:124.78
Imperial Unit:in
Metric Unit:cm
City:Dallas, Texas
Museum:Dallas Museum of Art

The Fountain of Vaucluse is an 1841 oil on canvas painting by British-American painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. The work depicts the former home of Petrarch[1] in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France.

Artist's background

See main article: Thomas Cole. Tom Christopher wrote that “[Thomas] Cole’s greatest artistic asset proved to be his untutored eye.”[2] Cole emigrated to America with his family in the spring of 1819 at the age of eighteen.[3] As a child, his surroundings were of Lancashire, England, an area known to be an epicenter of Britain’s primarily industrial region. Because of this, Cole was granted an additional clarity of and sensitivity to the vibrancy of American landscapes awash with color, a stark contrast to the bleak and subdued landscapes of the country he left behind.[4] From 1831 to 1832, Cole traversed Italy, where he encountered ruins.[5]

History

The work was painted during Cole's second trip to Europe. Cole altered the landscape: narrowing the canyon in order to make the setting more inspiring.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Fountain of Vaucluse. Dallas Museum of Art. August 19, 2020.
  2. Christopher, “Living Off the Landscape,” 1.
  3. Noble, The Life and Works of Thomas Cole, 6.
  4. Great Northern Catskills of Greene County. “Hudson River School of Art,” 1.
  5. Web site: Thomas Cole. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. August 21, 2020.

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