The story of Thomas Cole, considered the founder of American’s art movement, is told in the pages of Picturing America: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art by Hudson Talbott.  While Hudson does touch on some of the highlights of Cole’s life (how he immigrated to America, his walking across Pennsylvania, traveling Europe) he mostly tells how the art came to be and how Cole was considered not only a great artist but how he was considered one of Americas first artists that was […]