Destruction from The Course of Empire
Destruction – from The Course of Empire c1836 by British-American Painter Thomas Cole (1801 – 1848); specializing in historical and landscape paintings that portrayed the American wilderness and is regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School Movement.
This powerful painting depicts a once glorious and powerful empire in its last stages; as war rages on the sea and on the land amongst the grand statues, sculptures and columns of a great city state; with soldiers show no mercy to anyone, killing even women, children, the old and the young; and in the background on the right we can see a once great city burning in flames as soldiers set it ablaze.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase as a canvas print online.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Thomas was born in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire England in 1801 and at 17 years of age emigrated to the United States with his family, settling in Steubenville, Ohio in 1818.
In 1823 he left Ohio and moved to Philadelphia and then from there in 1825 moved to Catskill, New York, where he lived for the next 23 years with his wife and children.
Thomas started his career as an engraver and was almost completely self taught as a painter, using books to learn his craft and also studying the works of other artists.
Then in 1822 Thomas began working as a portrait painter and over time shifted his focus from portraiture to landscape and historical painting.
Thomas is considered to be one of the prominent 19th century American painters and the founder of the Hudson River School movement which was influenced by the Romanticism era of the late 18th century and mid 19th century.
Though Cole was primarily a landscape painter, he also produced allegorical artwork; with the his most famous being the five part series The Course of Empire; which depict the same landscape over generations, from a near state of nature to consummation of empire, and then decline and desolation.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction creation of a public domain image, and as with all the artwork that can be found on the Xzendor7 website is available for purchase online in a variety of material formats including canvas prints, acrylic prints, metal prints, wood prints, framed prints, posters, and as rolled canvas prints in a variety of sizes from 12 inches to 72 inches depending on the size of the actual artwork and the print on demand shop you choose to buy the art from.
