Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter. He was a well known figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. He was best known for painting large landscapes. His best known works were Niagara and The Heart of the Andes.
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| Born | May 4, 1826 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | April 7, 1900 (aged 73) New York City, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Landscape painting |
| Movement | Hudson River School |
| Works | Niagara, The Heart of the Andes |
Frederic Edwin Church Media
New England Scenery (1851) was Church's "first true composite landscape"—it used sketches from various locations to develop a more detailed and spatially complex landscape than found in Cole's work.
The Heart of the Andes (1859)
Cotopaxi (1862)
Tropical Scenery (1873)
Cabinet card of Church c. 1868 by Napoleon Sarony
Church's The Icebergs (1861) was sold at auction for a record-setting amount in 1979, following its rediscovery.
- FredericEdwinChurchCotopaxiGoogleArtProject
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Other websites
- Frederic Edwin Church works at National Gallery of Art
- Timeline of Art History Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Olana Partnership
- American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Church (see index)
- Art and the empire city: New York, 1825–1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (full PDF), which contains material on Church
- Lyrics to the song "Olana" by Marc Cohn, about Church and the Olana estate, from Church's perspective. Archived 2021-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Art Renewal.org
- Frederic Edwin Church Gallery at MuseumSyndicate Archived 2021-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
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