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Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets.
Frederic E. Church (portrait by Mathew Brady) This is a list of works by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), an American landscape painter who was part of the Hudson River School. Church's paintings were inspired by his travels, including Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South America, and North America. [1]
Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press with The Olana Partnership and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. ISBN 0-8014-4430-6. Carr, Gerald L. (1994). Frederic Edwin Church: A Catalogue Raisonné of Works of Art at Olana State Historic Site. New ...
Cotopaxi is an 1862 oil painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, a member of the Hudson River School.The painting depicts Cotopaxi, an active volcano that is also the second highest peak in modern-day Ecuador, spewing smoke and ash across a colorful sunrise. [1]
The Andes of Ecuador is an 1855 oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church, the premier American landscape painter of the time.It is the most significant result of his 1853 trip to South America, [1] where he would travel again in 1857.
Niagara Falls, from the American Side is a painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Completed in 1867, it is based on preliminary sketches made by the artist at Niagara Falls and on a sepia photograph. It is Church's largest painting. [1] The painting is now in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery. [2]
The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). It depicts an idealized landscape in the South American Andes, where Church traveled on two occasions. Measuring more than five feet (1.5 meters) high and almost ten feet (3 meters) wide, its New York City exhibition in ...
The Icebergs is an 1861 oil painting by the American landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church. It was inspired by his 1859 voyage to the North Atlantic around Newfoundland and Labrador . Considered one of Church's "Great Pictures"—measuring 1.64 by 2.85 metres (5.4 by 9.4 feet) [ 1 ] —the painting depicts one or more icebergs in the afternoon ...