About Frederic Edwin Church
Thomas Cole's only pupil, who followed Humboldt to the Andes, sailed to Newfoundland for icebergs, and designed a Persian house overlooking the Hudson when arthritis took his painting hand
Where to see Frederic Edwin Church
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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20 recorded works
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York City, United States
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7 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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6 recorded works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
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4 recorded works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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4 recorded works
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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3 recorded works
New York Historical
New York City, United States
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3 recorded works
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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3 recorded works
Gilcrease Museum
Tulsa, United States
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3 recorded works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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3 recorded works
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States
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Hand-finished archival prints from Frederic Edwin Church's body of work.
View of Cotopaxi - Frederic Edwin Church
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The Meteor of 1860 - Frederic Edwin Church
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Morning, Looking East over the Hudson Valley from Catskill Mountains - Frederic Edwin Church
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Grand Manan Island, Bay of Fundy - Frederic Edwin Church
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Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives - Frederic Edwin Church
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Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset - Frederic Edwin Church
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The Parthenon - Frederic Edwin Church
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The Icebergs - Frederic Edwin Church
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3 recorded works
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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2 recorded works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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2 recorded works
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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2 recorded works
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States
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1 recorded work
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, United States
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Frederic Edwin Church was the only pupil of Thomas Cole. Church travelled extensively, including to South America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Newfoundland, and Labrador.Who is Frederic Edwin Church?
Frederic Edwin Church was the only pupil of Thomas Cole. Church travelled extensively, including to South America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Newfoundland, and Labrador.Who was Frederic Edwin Church?
Frederic Edwin Church was a painter who tackled far-flung landscapes. He and Albert Bierstadt were called 'intrepid limners'.When did Frederic Edwin Church start painting?
Frederic Edwin Church was painting by 1844. That year, at the age of eighteen, he became the only formal student of Thomas Cole.Frederic Edwin Church art movement?
Frederic Edwin Church is associated with the Hudson River School. However, his interest in scenes extended beyond America, as he travelled to South America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Newfoundland and Labrador.What is Frederic Edwin Church known for?
Frederic Edwin Church is known for revealing the power of nature in all its glory. He chose to exclude people from his compositions and concentrate on nature in its purest form.What was Frederic Edwin Church style?
Frederic Edwin Church sketched the savage beauty of nature. He painted everything from the lush vegetation of the tropics to icebergs.Frederic Edwin Church most famous painting?
One of Frederic Edwin Church's paintings is Twilight in the Wilderness. In it, the sun sets over a distant horizon, leaving behind a blood-red and orange sky reflected in a wide river.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Frederic Edwin Church's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography.
- [3] book Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art through the Ages Used for: biography.
- [4] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
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