Brief Biography-Frederic Edwin Church was from Connecticut. He became associated with the Hudson River School, initially set up by Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Thomas Cole tutored him in Catskill, New York, and he quickly succeeded as a landscape artist. He became an Academician at the National Academy of Design at the early age of twenty-three.
Frederic stayed in New York and visited South America on two occasions, where he produced unique landscapes, which earned him great success. He stood out from other American artists, whereas he did not train in Europe like so many before him; this added to his popularity in America.
In his later years, he settled in Hudson and built a mansion on a hilltop with magnificent river views. During this period, he visited the Arctic, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, journeys that inspired several stunning landscapes. Unfortunately, due to arthritis, he could not produce much work in his last two decades, and he dedicated his time to his estate. His mansion is now a historic site and is open to the public.