Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church
Born	May 4, 1826 Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died	April 7, 1900 (aged 73) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Known for	Landscape painting, painting
Movement	Hudson River School

Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter^[1] born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, perhaps best known for painting large panoramic landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets, but also sometimes depicting dramatic natural phenomena that he saw during his travels to the Arctic and Central and South America. Church's paintings put an emphasis on light and a romantic respect for natural detail. In his later years, Church painted classical Mediterranean and Middle Eastern scenes and cityscapes.^[2]