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. Related Paintings of Frederic E.Church :. | White Mountain Scenery,Franconia Notch,New Hampshire | The Iceberg | Rooftops at Sunset,Rome,Italy | Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise | Niagara | Related Artists: Vasiliy Pukirev painted The Arranged Marriage in 1862 Bourel Aristide Dunkerque 1840-Sartrouville 1924 Richard Dey De Ribcowsky painted Twilight Seascape in 1911