Why it matters
A panorama of the Connecticut River Valley just after a thunderstorm, interpreted as a confrontation between wilderness and civilisation. It is a seminal work of American landscape painting.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1836.
- Its full title is View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm.
- Cole painted it while working on The Course of Empire.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Oxbow (CC BY-SA 4.0).
