Frederic Edwin Church
1826–1900 · Romanticism & Landscape
Biography
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), a pupil of Thomas Cole, was a leading painter of the Hudson River School. He travelled to the Andes, the Arctic and the Middle East to paint grandiose landscapes.
From the artist’s life
Frederic Edwin Church was born into a wealthy family, and thanks to financial security he was able to devote his life to art from a young age and also to travel to such enticing places as Europe and the Middle East. Despite his many travels Church did not stay away from his homeland for long. He had a farm near Hudson, New York, where he lived with his wife, Isabel, and four children. In 1867 he bought 7 hectares of land with a wonderful view of the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains. Here he built his Persian-style manor house, “Olana” (pictured), in 1872. The splendid building, which he decorated with objects acquired on his travels, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
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