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.
Frederic E.Church New England Landscape mk48
1849
Oil on canvas
25 1/8x36 1/4in
Amon Carter Museum,Fort Worth,Texas
View Across Frenchman s Bay from Mt.Desert Island,After a Squall mk48
1845
Oil on canvas
38 1/4x62 1/2in
Cincinnati Art Museum,Gift of Alice Scarborough
Painting ID:: 26179
Frederic E.Church View Across Frenchman s Bay from Mt.Desert Island,After a Squall mk48
1845
Oil on canvas
38 1/4x62 1/2in
Cincinnati Art Museum,Gift of Alice Scarborough
New England Scenery mk48
1851
Oil on canvas
36x33in
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum,Springfield,Massachusetts,George Walter Vincent Painting ID:: 26180
Frederic E.Church New England Scenery mk48
1851
Oil on canvas
36x33in
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum,Springfield,Massachusetts,George Walter Vincent
Landscape-Scene from Thanatopsis mk48
1850
Oil on canvas
39 1/2x61in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan,
Painting ID:: 26181
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.