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Frederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church's paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. He debuted some of his major works in singl…
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culture · American landscape painter (1826–1900) · painter · landscape painter · art collector · traveler · visual artist · also Frederic Edwin Church, Frederic Church, Frederick Edwin Church, Frederick E. Church, Frederic E. Church, F. E. Church
Born 4 May 1826 · Died 7 April 1900 · Q366212
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Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World, the first biography of Church, was published by Victoria Johnson (ISBN 978-1-982-19629-5)
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insider.si.edu: Mrs. Frederic Edwin Church (Isabel Carnes), (painting)
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Artnet: Frederic Edwin Church’s ‘Niagara’ Flabbergasted the 19th-Century Public. Here Are 3 Things You May Not Know About This Epic Picture
Just before the centenary of Church's death, The Olana Partnership established the Frederic Church Award to honor individuals and organizations who make extraordinary contributions to American art and culture
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At the age of 73, Church also died at the home of Osborn's widow
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Died 1900-04-07.
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Less than a year later, on April 7, 1900, at the age of 73, Church also died at the home of Osborn's widow.
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At the home of their late friend and patron, William H
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By 1876, Church was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis, making painting difficult.
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Began the construction of a Persian-inspired mansion on the hilltop, and the family moved into the home in the summer of 1872
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Church was one of the founding trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and remained so until his death in 1900
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In late 1867, Church began the longest period of travel of his career.
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Followed by Theodore Winthrop in 1869, Louis Palmer in 1870 and Isabel Charlotte ("Downie") in 1871
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Was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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At the start of the Civil War, Church was inspired to paint Our Banner in the Sky by a sunset featuring red, white, and blue that he believed was a symbol that "the heavens indicated their support for the United States b
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Church bought a farm near Hudson, New York and married Isabel Mortimer Carnes (born 1836, of Dayton, Ohio), whom he had met during the New York exhibition of The Heart of the Andes
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Church and his good friend Rev
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With painter Louis Rémy Mignot, he added to his sketches of the area
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And 1857 and stayed predominantly in Quito, visiting the volcanoes and cities of modern day Colombia and Ecuador, and crossing the isthmus of Panama
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Church jumped at the chance to travel and study in Humboldt's footsteps
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Was elected the youngest Associate of the National Academy of Design
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To the Wadsworth Athenaeum for $130; it was a pastoral painting depicting Hooker's journey in 1636
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Aged 18, Church became the pupil of landscape artist Thomas Cole in Catskill, New York after Daniel Wadsworth, a family neighbor and founder of the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, introduced the two
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Born 1826-05-04.
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