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 Scene on the Magdalena mk48
1854
Oil on canvas
28x42in
National Academy Museum,New York
Tamaca Palms mk48
1854,reworked 1877
Oil on canvas
27 3/4x36 1/2in
Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington.D.C.,
Gift of William Wilson Corcoran
Painting ID:: 26194
Frederic E.Church Tamaca Palms mk48
1854,reworked 1877
Oil on canvas
27 3/4x36 1/2in
Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington.D.C.,
Gift of William Wilson Corcoran
The Andes of Ecuador mk48
1855
Oil on canvas
48x75in
Reynolda House,Museum of American Art,Winston-Salem,North Carolina
Painting ID:: 26195
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.