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Frederic Edwin Church
1826-1900 America/Landscapes
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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. |
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A Country Home

Above the Clouds

Aegean Sea

Aurora Borealis

Al Ayn

Twilight Wilderness

Autumn

Study of Cotopaxi

Mount
Desert Island

Chimborazo Volcano

Cotopaxi

The Iceberg

Cross

Fog off Mount Desert

Grand Manan Island

Icebergs

Meteor of 1860

In the Tropics

Niagara Falls

The Wreck

Tropical Scenery

Syria by the Sea

Niagara Falls

cotopaxi

parthenon

heart of the andes
