Every Day a Painting for August 3, 2026

The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842)

Thomas Cole

Oil on Canvas. American, Romantic.

American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I [A-L]

Cole's renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the "River of Life." Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyage…

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