Distant View of Niagara Falls

Thomas Cole

Painted

1830

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Medium

Oil on wood panel

Niagara Falls painted in 1830 by Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School. Two Native Americans stand on the rocks in front and a rainbow arches over the falls. Cole painted the American wilderness before development and pleaded for its preservation.

Object record (Art Institute of Chicago) · CC0

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