Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School of Romantic landscapes. He was a self-taught artist and a nature enthusiast. He lived in a time where settlers only admired nature when it was used for plantations and gardens. But in1830, after settlers started pushing westward, the wilderness became a symbol of America's unspoiled national character and an artist's inspiration. Romantic painting in America encompassed two subjects: nature and the natural man. Cole would hike around, through all four seasons, sketching untouched natural scenes which he then portrayed the mood of those places into oil paintings. For my midterm, I would like to paint a picture I took of a landscape that is part of the Arches National Park in Moab, Utah.
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