20 famous landscape paintings

Thomas Cole

English-born American painter (1801–1848)

For other people named Thomas Cole, see Thomas Cole (disambiguation).

Thomas Cole

Daguerreotype of Cole by an unknown photographer, c. 1845, published within the Archives of American Art Journal

Born(1801-02-01)February 1, 1801

Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England

DiedFebruary 11, 1848(1848-02-11) (aged 47)

Catskill, New York, U.S

Known forPainting, oil on canvas
Notable workThe Titan's Goblet
The Course of Empire
The Oxbow
The Voyage of Life
among others...
MovementHudson River School

Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 – February 11, 1848) was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement.[1][2] Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history paintings. Influenced by European painters, but with a strong American sensibility,[3] he was prolific throughout his career and worked primarily with oil on canvas.

Dave Groom

I believe the best way to capture the essence of the landscape is to live in it. This enables me to observe the constantly changing forms, colours, textures and light at different times of day and to watch the processes of nature. 
My work is a personal journey of observing our natural landscape.


I've always had an interest in drawing and studied art through my school years and continued that interest by completing a degree in Graphic Design. I soon realised I had little interest in a career as a Graphic Designer and after some time of soul searching and travelling through Europe I came home to discover a new awareness of our unique landscape. Its timeless beauty inspired me to start drawing again. This began in 1994. In 1997 I began building my studio, which took 3 years to complete.


I admire Australian landscape artists including Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd and William Robinson. I'm also taken by Jeffery Smart, Georgia O'Keefe and Edward Hopper, all very much landscape artists, with a great ability to contrast the landscape with the human conditi

John Constable

English painter (1776–1837)

For other people named John Constable, see John Constable (disambiguation).

John ConstableRA (;[1] 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting[2] with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling".[3]

Constable's most famous paintings include Wivenhoe Park (1816), Dedham Vale (1828) and The Hay Wain (1821).[4] Although his paintings are now among the most popular and valuable in British art, he was never financially successful. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of 52. His work was embraced in France, where he sold more than in his native England and inspired the Barbizon school.

Early career

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