Biografie von Timothy COLE (1852-1931)

Birth place: London, England (came to U.S. in 1857)

Addresses: Poughkeepsie, NY

Profession: Wood engraver

Studied: Bond; Chandler.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1879; Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893 (gold); Paris Salon, 1894; Paris Expo, 1900 (gold); Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (gold); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (prize); AIC, 1913; NAC, 1916 (gold); AAAL, 1927.

Member: ANA, 1906; NA, 1908; NIAL; Soc. PS & G, London; Gld. Craftsmen. London; AI Graphic A.

Work: CI; City AM, St. Louis; AIC; MMA; Boston AM; NGA.

Comments: A fire in Chicago in 1871 destroyed all of his belongings, and at that time he went to New York. In 1883, he was commissioned by the Century Magazine to travel in Europe for the purpose of making engravings of the old masters; these were among his most notable achievements.

Sources: WW27; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 331; Falk, PAFA, Vol. 2