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.
Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise mk48
1850-55
Brush and oil paint on paperboard
9x13 3/4in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution,Gift of Louis P.Church
Painting ID:: 26178
Schoodic_Peninsula_from_Mount_Desert_at_Sunrise mk48
1850-55
Brush and oil paint on paperboard
9x13 3/4in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution,Gift of Louis P.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
Painting ID:: 26179
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 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.