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Frederic Edwin Church
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| American Hudson River School Painter, 1826-1900 ..American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. This was an unusual honour | ||||
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Cross in the Wilderness Frederic Edwin Church43.jpg Painting ID:: 10680 Visit European Gallery |
1857 Oil on canvas; Thyssen- Bornemisza Museum, Madrid 41.3 x 61.6 cm | ||
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