Abandoned boat
Frederic Edwin Church · 1850
Frederic Edwin Church
American · 1826–1900
Frederic Edwin Church 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. Church's paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. He debuted some of his major works in single-painting exhibitions to a paying and often enthralled audience in New York City. In his prime, he was one of the most famous painters in the United States.
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Abandoned boat
Frederic Edwin Church · 1850
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Frederic Edwin Church · 1867
Scottish National Gallery
Autumn
Frederic Edwin Church · 1875
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Autumn in North America
Frederic Edwin Church · 1856
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Cross in the Wilderness
Frederic Edwin Church · 1857
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
South American Landscape
Frederic Edwin Church · 1856
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Tropical Landscape
Frederic Edwin Church · 1855
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Chimborazo
Frederic Edwin Church · 1864
Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)
Frederic Edwin Church
National Gallery of Art
Works worth knowing
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Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Frederic Edwin Church · 1867
Scottish National Gallery
Niagara Falls, from the American Side is a painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826 to 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.
El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)
Frederic Edwin Church
National Gallery of Art
El Rio de Luz (Spanish for The River of Light; also known as Morning in the Tropics) is an 1877 oil painting by American landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church. It is his last large-scale painting of South America, following pieces such as The Andes of Ecuador (1855) and The Heart of the Andes (1859). Like them, the painting is a composite of the many sketches and drawings Church made while traveling in South America twenty years earlier.
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