Dream of Arcadia

Dream of Arcadia

c. 1838
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Thomas Cole, Dream of Arcadia, about 1838. Oil paint on canvas; 38 ⅝ × 62 ¾ in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Mrs. Lindsey Gentry, 1954.71

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Artist
Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
Born: England
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
image height: 38.625 in, 98.1075 cm; image width: 62.75 in, 159.3850 cm; frame height: 52 1/2 in, 133.3500 cm; frame width: 76 3/4 in, 194.9450 cm; frame depth: 5 3/8 in, 13.6525 cm
Inscription
[lower left] T. Cole 1838
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lindsey Gentry
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Accession Number
1954.71
Exhibition History
  • "Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design" —Clinton Hall Beekman Street, New York, NY, 04/23/1838 - 07/07/1838, no. 33 (for sale)
  • Exhibition—American Art-Union, New York, NY, 1850, no. 100
  • "Thomas Cole"—Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 02/14/1969 - 03/23/1969
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 04/07/1969 - 05/04/1969
  • Albany Institute of History and Art, 05/09/1969 - 06/20/1969
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, 06/30/1969 - 09/01/1969
  • "200 Years of American Painting"—Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976 - 1977
  • "Nineteenth Century American Landscape Painting", curated by Barbara Novak for the American Federation of Arts, 04/1979
  • Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 02/15/2020 - 03/30/2021
  • "Thomas Cole's Studio, Kiki Smith, and Shi Guorui"—Albuquerque Museum, 10/08/2022 - 02/12/2023

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