Picturing America, Thomas Cole And The Birth of American Art, By Hudson Talbott #Bookworm

Picturing America, Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art , by Hudson Talbott,  provides a full 32 page book that will bring the father of American art (Thomas Cole) to young readers.   Thomas Cole whose painting style began the first formal art movement, the Hudson River school of painting.

The reader will learn how Thomas Cole left England, in 1818, to venture a new life in America.  Life was not easy, especially as an artist.  Yet, he did not let  hard times prevent him from seeing the beauty that America had to offer.  Mr. Cole’s art brought forth a new way of looking at American landscape.

Picturing America – Thomas Cole and The Birth of American Art   the story of an immigrant artist, who saw the natural beauty of his new land that he called home, and through his art preserved it.

Author Hudson Talbott:  lives in the Hudson valley of New York and New York City.  Has illustrated River of Dreams, From Wolf to Woof, United Tweets of America and It’s All About Me-ow, and illustrated a number of picture books.