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FREDERICK EDWIN CHURCH (1826-1900)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 324 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERICK See also:EDWIN See also:CHURCH (1826-1900)  , See also:American landscape painter, was See also:born at See also:Hartford, See also:Connecticut, on the 4th of May 1826 . He was a See also:pupil of See also:Thomas See also:Cole at See also:Catskill, New See also:York, where his first pictures were painted . Developing unusual technical dexterity, See also:Church from the beginning sought for his themes such marvels of nature as See also:Niagara Falls, the See also:Andes, and tropical forests—he visited See also:South See also:America in 1853 and 1857,–* volcanoes in eruption, and icebergs, the beauties of which he portrayed with See also:great skill in the management of See also:light, See also:colour, and the phenomena of See also:rainbow, mist and sunset, rendering these plausible and effective . In their See also:time these paintings awoke the wildest admiration and sold for extravagant prices, collectors in the See also:United States and in See also:Europe eagerly seeking them, though their See also:vogue has now passed away . In 1849 Church was made a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design . His " Great Fall at Niagara " (1857) is in the Corcoran See also:Art See also:Gallery, See also:Washington, D . C., and a large " See also:Twilight " is in the Walters Gallery, See also:Baltimore, See also:Maryland . Among his other canvases are " Andes of See also:Ecuador " (1855), " See also:Heart of the Andes " (1859), " See also:Cotopaxi" (1862), " See also:Jerusalem " (187o), and " See also:Morning in the Tropics " (1877) . He died on the 7th of See also:April 'goo, at his See also:house on the See also:Hudson See also:river above New York See also:City, where he had lived and worked for many years . He was the most prominent member of the so-called " Hudson River School " of American artists .

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