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.
Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain mk48
1850-60
Brush and oil paint,graphite on paperboard
11 7/16x17 1/2in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution,Gift of Louis P.Church
Painting ID:: 26196
Eagle_Lake_Viewed_from_Cadillac_Mountain mk48
1850-60
Brush and oil paint,graphite on paperboard
11 7/16x17 1/2in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution,Gift of Louis P.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
Painting ID:: 26194
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.