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Artists > Thomas Cole
An English-born American landscape painter and poet, Cole had a significant influence on the painters of the Hudson River School.
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El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth, 2011, bottle caps, material, material (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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