Frederic E.Church 1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.
Christian on the Borders of the Valley of the Shadow of Death Pilgrim s Progress Oil on canvas
40 1/2x60 1/2in
Olana State Historic Site,New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Painting ID:: 26165
Frederic E.Church Christian on the Borders of the Valley of the Shadow of Death Pilgrim s Progress Oil on canvas
40 1/2x60 1/2in
Olana State Historic Site,New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Twilight Short Arbiter Twixt Day and Night mk48
1850
Oil on canvas
32 1/4x48in
Painting ID:: 26174
Frederic E.Church Twilight Short Arbiter Twixt Day and Night mk48
1850
Oil on canvas
32 1/4x48in
Ira Mountain,Vermont mk48
by Febuary 1850
Oil on canvas
40 5/5x61 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site ,New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historik Preservation, Painting ID:: 26175
Frederic E.Church Ira Mountain,Vermont mk48
by Febuary 1850
Oil on canvas
40 5/5x61 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site ,New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historik Preservation,
Twilight on the Kennebec mk48
1849
Oil on canvas
18x30in
Courtesy of the Peabody Esex Museum
Painting ID:: 26176
1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.