Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

"Expulsion from the Garden of Eden," painted in 1828 by Thomas Cole, is a notable example of Religious painting and a hallmark of the Hudson River School. This Oil on Canvas vividly depicts Adam and Eve's banishment from Eden, emphasizing themes of loss and divine justice rooted in Romanticism. The landscape's dramatic, emotional qualities exemplify Cole's mastery in capturing both the wilderness and spiritual magnitude of the scene. Located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the Waleska Evans James Gallery, the painting features Cole's signature on a lower left cliff, with its powerful imagery making it a quintessential representation of early 19th-century American religious and Romantic art.