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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.
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Painting ID:: 26203
Horseshor Falls,Niagara
mk48
1856-57
Oil on two pieces of paper
joined
11 1/2x35 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site,New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation
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Painting ID:: 26204
Niagara
mk48
1857
Oil on canvas
42 1/2x90 1/2in
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,D.C.,Museum Purchase,Gallery Fund
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Painting ID:: 26205
Palm Tres and Housetops,Ecuador
mk48
may 1857
Brush and oil paint,traces of graphite on thin paperboard
13 15/16x11 1/2in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institusion,Gift of Louis P.Church
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Painting ID:: 26206
View of Cotopaxi
mk48
1857
Oil on canvas
24 1/2x36 1/2in
The Art Institute of Chicago,Gift of Jennette Hamlin in Memory of Mr.and Mrs.Louis Dana Webster
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Painting ID:: 26207
Mount Chimborazo,Ecuador
mk48
May-june 1857
Brush and oil paint,graphite on thin paperboard
9 1/16x17 1/2in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution,Gift of Louis P.Church
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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.
. Related Artists to Frederic E.Church: | Emma Ekwall | Eugene Fichel | Jean-Francois Portaels | Augsburger Schule | Henry Benbridge |
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