Joseph Foxcroft Cole
Joseph Foxcroft Cole (1837–1892) was an American landscape artist of the Barbizon style of landscape painting.
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Joseph Foxcroft Cole
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- Name
- Joseph Foxcroft Cole
- Born
- 1837
- Birthplace
- Jay, Maine
- Died
- 1892
- Place of death
- Winchester, Massachusetts
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- Barbizon school
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Winslow Homer · Émile Lambinet · Charles Jacque
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Biography
Training under Winslow Homer, Émile Lambinet and Charles Jacque is recorded. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Katwijk. Work by Joseph Foxcroft Cole is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.
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• Name — Joseph Foxcroft Cole • Born — 1837 • Birthplace — Jay, Maine • Died — 1892 • Place of death — Winchester, Massachusetts • Known for — Painting • Movement — Barbizon school
Life and career
Life and career
Cole and fellow apprentice Winslow Homer studied in Boston, before Cole moved to France to study with Émile Lambinet and Charles Jacque. Cole exhibited in Paris at the 1866-67 and 1873-75 Salons, and the Exposition Universelle (1867).
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