American1826–1900
Frederic Edwin Church
A pupil of Thomas Cole at Catskill who became the best-known American landscape painter of his day. He travelled to the Andes and to the icebergs off Labrador in search of dramatic scenery.
A life in paintings
- 1826Born
- 1839Photography is announced
Daguerre’s process is made public in Paris. Painting no longer has to be the only way to record how things look.
Source: Wikipedia - 1841Paint in tubes
The collapsible metal paint tube is patented, making it practical to paint outdoors.
- 1844Studied with Thomas ColeCatskill, New York
Thomas Cole took the eighteen-year-old Frederic Church as his only formal pupil at Catskill in 1844 and taught him for two years; Church became the leading Hudson River School painter after Cole's death in 1848.
Source: Olana - 1860
- 1861American Civil War
The war divides the United States until 1865.
Source: Wikipedia - 1900Died
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Group · New York State · 1825
Hudson River School
American Romantic landscape painting. Thomas Cole is its founder figure; Frederic Church was his only formal pupil (1844-46).
Where to see them
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
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