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following in the footsteps of White Mountain artists, in this case Thomas Cole
the title
the overall impression wild land
Color
For more on this item see this link. https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/view-near-tamworth-new-hampshire-white-mountains-38272
then focus on the figure
some say a self portrait of Cole himself other say Durer's Melancholia
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interesting visual tied to legend associated with the mountain beyond
Cole wrote two versions of the Chocorua legend
Wadsworth sketch of Chocorua perhaps earliest?
perhaps this powder horn, Burton Hill
views and visions
reality, imagination
not shackled
sketch to canvas
insert about sketch to studio? sketch to canvas
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views and visions
reality, imagination
not shackled
sketch to canvas
insert about sketch to studio? sketch to canvas
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then the big rock behind the figure
could be glacial erratic or ledge, difference is whether matches base rock
common to the White Mountain landscape
map cartouche show on 1816 Carrigain, map he might have seen
map he did see was this Wadsworth, now in the collection of Albany ...
sound of the water,
echo very significant in nh, there are two echo lakes, canons used to create echo
as well as stage coach horns
then the mountain profile in the background
the tree roots over the rock, the birch bark hanging off the branches
trees on rocks, roots holding common feature in the White Mountains
Then the plant in the foreground, this tells time
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sketch to canvas, what Warren Shomaker did in x year, 2017 Marcia
Clarke, Smithsonian Magazine from x date
see pics from that exhibit
currently sale art, online due to pandemic
3 sisters?
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following in the footsteps
previous blog sept 30, 1828 in NH south of Concord,
let's check back with Cole in October and continue following in his footsteps
and connecting collections,
this focus on cole's 2nd watercolor, near Tamworth,
and his Chocorua and brownlow thompson and other chocorua stuff in hhr
collection
tie to new stone wall see bcltp pics C:\Users\chino\Pictures\Chocorua pics bcltp\stone wall chocorua
tie terminology to the stone wall books i got from library, in camry?
and tie to lidar and landscape change, tie to mills?
paintings from the Jack Warner Foundation out of Tuscaloosa Alabama
website here.
Cole's Autumn Landscape (Chocura) c. 1837
oil on canvas 29x47 inches
see details
here.
will be on display at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill New York
Cedar Grove, Thomas Cole, Catskill NY in spring 2021 see their website here.
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