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Vue du mont Holyoke à Northampton, Massachusetts, après l'orage — The Oxbow

Thomas Cole American
1836
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 759
Thomas Cole était fasciné par cette étrange boucle que décrit le fleuve Connecticut au pied du mont Holyoke et fit donc de cette curiosité baptisée The Oxbow (le méandre) le sujet de cette toile, imposante et spectaculaire. La scène est empreinte de cette luminosité étrange qui suit l’orage. Des nuages sombres accrochent les reliefs, mais la rivière et les champs au-delà sont baignés de soleil. Cole a juxtaposé la nature indomptée et les champs cultivés pour illustrer la richesse du paysage de son pays, ici transfiguré par son regard et son imagination. On aperçoit l’artiste au premier plan, avec chevalet et parapluie.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Vue du mont Holyoke à Northampton, Massachusetts, après l'orage — The Oxbow
  • Artiste: Thomas Cole, Américain, 1801–1848
  • Date: 1836
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 130,8 x 193 cm
  • Crédits: Don de MmeRussell Sage, 1908
  • Accession Number: 08.228
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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