Frederic edwin church

Frederic Edwin Church. Detail from Aurora Borealis, 1865.

Description Renowned Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. He lived for 90 years, published more than 36 books, traveled across four continents, and wrote well over 25,000 letters to an international network of colleagues and admirers. In 1804, after traveling four years in South America and Mexico, Humboldt spent exactly six weeks in the United States. In these six weeks, Humboldt—through a…

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Frederic Edwin Church, 1826 - 1900

Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church,1859

Niagara Falls (detail) - 1857 Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church - Oil Study of Cotopaxi

Heart of the Andes (detail) by Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

In Nature’s Studio features the bounty and beauty of the American landscape from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. This visually stunning exhibition explores the Hudson River School and the emergence of the first uniquely American artistic movement; Impressionism and Tonalism at the turn of the century; and Modern trends in interpreting […]

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Frederic Edwin Church ( detail - South America)

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Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church. Detail from Aurora Borealis, 1865.

The river of light painting by Frederic Edwin Church Art paintings

Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was perhaps the best-known representative of the Hudson River School of landscape painting as well as one its most traveled. Born in Hartford in 1826, he was the privileged son of Joseph Church, a jeweler and banker of that city, who interceded with Connecticut scion and collector Daniel Wadsworth to persuade the landscape painter Thomas Cole to accept his son as a pupil.

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Home of the mythological goddess Athena, the Parthenon is a hauntingly sacred place where the air is ominously rife with magic. Or, at least, that is the mood evoked in Frederic Edwin Church’s (1826-1900) oil sketch of the Parthenon. To create this effect, Church chose to paint the building from below, giving the impression that