Frederick Edwin Church
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1826.05.04
Place of birth: Hartford, CT
Date of death: 1900.04.07
Place of death: New York
Category: painter
Date of birth: 1826.05.04
Place of birth: Hartford, CT
Date of death: 1900.04.07
Place of death: New York
Category: painter
Identity:
Frederick Edwin Church was a painter of rugged landscape and stormy coastal scenes.
Life:
Church is best known for Niagara (1857; Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art), his monumentally detailed view of Niagara Falls. Inspired by remote and inaccessible landscapes, he made several trips to polar regions to paint.
Bibliography:
Kelly, Franklin, Frederick Edwin Church, Washington 1989; Cordingly, D. 'Marine painting, Subsequent development (iii) USA; Grove Dictionary of Art online http://www.groveart.com (accessed 9 June 2004).
