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The Old Mill at Sunset de Thomas Cole choisi par le Nelson-Atkins Museum de Kansas City

1. Thomas Cole
Vieux moulin au coucher de soleil, 1844
Huile sur toile - 94 x 117 cm
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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11/3/05 - Acquisition - Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Possédant une belle collection de peintures américaines, le Musée du Kansas cherchait depuis plusieurs dizaines d’années à la compléter par un tableau de Thomas Cole, pionnier des représentations de ce pays. Il vient de se rendre propriétaire, via la galerie Alexander de New York [1], du Vieux moulin au coucher de soleil, peint en 1844 et exposé un an plus tard à la National Academy of Design de New York. En excellent état de conservation, il a gardé son cadre d’époque. Le premier biographe de l’artiste, Louis L. Noble, décrivait en 1853 "The Old…

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