Frederick Edwin Church

1826-1900 Frederick Edwin Church Galleries Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 ?C April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works". The family wealth came from Church's father, Joseph Church, a silversmith and watchmaker in Hartford, Connecticut.(Joseph subsequently also became an official and a director of The Aetna Life Insurance Company) Joseph, in turn, was the son of Samuel Church, who founded the first paper mill in Lee, Massachusetts in the Berkshires, and this allowed him(Frederic) to pursue his interest in art from a very early age. At eighteen years of age, Church became the pupil of Thomas Cole in Catskill, New York after Daniel Wadsworth, a family neighbor and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum, introduced the two. In May 1848, Church was elected as the youngest Associate of the National Academy of Design and was promoted to Academician the following year. Soon after, he sold his first major work to Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. Church settled in New York where he taught his first pupil, William James Stillman. From the spring to autumn each year Church would travel, often by foot, sketching. He returned each winter to paint and to sell his work. Between 1853 and 1857, Church traveled in South America, financed by businessman Cyrus West Field, who wished to use Church's paintings to lure investors to his South American ventures. Church was inspired by the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt's Cosmos and his exploration of the continent; Humboldt had challenged artists to portray the "physiognomy" of the Andes.


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Frederick Edwin Church Niagara oil


Niagara
Painting ID::  42771
Niagara
MK169 1857 oil Paint on cloth 108x230cm
MK169_ 1857_ oil_Paint_on_cloth_ 108x230cm
   
   
     

Frederick Edwin Church Regenzeit in den Tropen oil


Regenzeit in den Tropen
Painting ID::  45225
Regenzeit in den Tropen
mk181 1866 San Francisco
mk181 1866 San_Francisco
   
   
     

Frederick Edwin Church Sudamerikanische Landschaft oil


Sudamerikanische Landschaft
Painting ID::  45328
Sudamerikanische Landschaft
mk181 1856 Ol auf Leinwand 59.5x92cm
mk181 1856 Ol_auf_Leinwand 59.5x92cm
   
   
     

Frederick Edwin Church Dammerung in der Wildnis oil


Dammerung in der Wildnis
Painting ID::  45329
Dammerung in der Wildnis
mk181 1860 Ol auf Leinwand 101.6x162.5cm
mk181 1860 Ol_auf_Leinwand 101.6x162.5cm
   
   
     

Frederick Edwin Church To the Memory of Cole oil


To the Memory of Cole
Painting ID::  51415
To the Memory of Cole
mk218 1848 Oil on canvas 32x49in
mk218 1848 Oil_on_canvas 32x49in
   
   
     

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     1826-1900 Frederick Edwin Church Galleries Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 ?C April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. While committed to the natural sciences, he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works". The family wealth came from Church's father, Joseph Church, a silversmith and watchmaker in Hartford, Connecticut.(Joseph subsequently also became an official and a director of The Aetna Life Insurance Company) Joseph, in turn, was the son of Samuel Church, who founded the first paper mill in Lee, Massachusetts in the Berkshires, and this allowed him(Frederic) to pursue his interest in art from a very early age. At eighteen years of age, Church became the pupil of Thomas Cole in Catskill, New York after Daniel Wadsworth, a family neighbor and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum, introduced the two. In May 1848, Church was elected as the youngest Associate of the National Academy of Design and was promoted to Academician the following year. Soon after, he sold his first major work to Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. Church settled in New York where he taught his first pupil, William James Stillman. From the spring to autumn each year Church would travel, often by foot, sketching. He returned each winter to paint and to sell his work. Between 1853 and 1857, Church traveled in South America, financed by businessman Cyrus West Field, who wished to use Church's paintings to lure investors to his South American ventures. Church was inspired by the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt's Cosmos and his exploration of the continent; Humboldt had challenged artists to portray the "physiognomy" of the Andes.

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