The Hudson River School: THOMAS COLE (1801-1848)
First successful landscape painter in U.S.
Moral role of the artist: to reveal the perfection of nature as Godís creation
Helped by Trumbull, and inspired by European landscape artists (Martin, Constable, Turner, Lorrain, Poussin)
See Pohl pp.135 & 139 quotations from his ìEssay on American Sceneryî (1835)
COMPARE COLEíS VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS (fig. 3.10 in Pohl) TO TRUMBULLíS NIAGARA FALLS FROM AN UPPER BANK ON THE BRITISH SIDE (Fig 3.9 in Pohl)