Frederic Edwin Church
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 125 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 4,1826 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Hartford |
| Connecticut | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | April 7,1900 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Periods | Romanticism |
| Hudson River School | |
| Luminism | |
| Children | Louis P. Church |
| Parents | Joseph Church |
| Eliza Janes Church | |
| Job | Painter |
| Visual Artist | |
| Books | early landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church, 1845-1854 |
| Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church's Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin | |
| Glories of the Hudson: Frederic Edwin Church's Views from Olana | |
| Fern Hunting Among These Picturesque Mountains: Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica : the Olana Collection | |
| Frederic E. Church--under Changing Skies: Oil Sketches and Drawings from the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of Design, Smithsonian Institution : Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, September 26-December 13, 1992, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, January 9-March 14, 1993, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, April 10-June 20, 1993 | |
| Movement | Hudson River School |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Works | Niagara |
| The Heart of the Andes | |
| The Icebergs | |
| Cotopaxi | |
| Aurora Borealis | |
| On view | de Young Museum |
| Designed | Olana State Historic Site |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 503711 |
Frederic Edwin Church Life story
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.