Portrait of Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church Painting Reproductions 1 of 1

1826-1900

American Hudson River School Painter

Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 - April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters.

The wealth of Church's father allowed him to pursue his interest in art from a very early age. At eighteen years of age, Church became the pupil of Thomas Cole in Palenville, New York. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Design five years later, in 1849. Soon after, he sold his first major work to Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum.

Church settled in New York where he taught his first pupil, William James Stillman. From the spring to autumn each year Church would travel, often by foot, sketching. He returned each winter to paint and to sell his work.

Church became known for painting colossal views, often of exotic locations. His painting "Heart of the Andes", now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, measures over five feet high and nearly ten feet in length. Church unveiled the painting to an astonished public in New York City in 1859. He installed the work in a specially-lit room with curtains and palm fronds, and charged the public admission to view it. The painting was an instant success. He eventually sold it for $10,000, at that time the highest price ever paid for a work by a living American artist.

In 1860 Church bought a farm in Hudson, New York and married Isabel Carnes. Both Church's first son and daughter died in March, 1863 of diphtheria, but he and his wife started a new family with the birth of Frederic junior in 1865.

When he and his wife had a family of four children, they began to travel together. In 1867 they visited Europe and the Middle East, allowing Church to return to painting larger works.

Before leaving on that trip, Church purchased the eighteen acres (73,000 m2) on the hilltop above his Hudson farm - land he had long wanted because of its magnificent views of the Hudson River and the Catskills. In 1870 he began the construction of "Olana" on that site. This highly personal and eclectic castle incorporated many of the design ideas that he had acquired in the Middle East. Olana, now owned by the nonprofit Olana Partnership and administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is a New York State historic site open to the public. While Church continued to paint monumental landscapes at Olana, he also enjoyed painting small, spontaneous sketches of clouds and sunsets from his hilltop home.

58 Frederic Edwin Church Paintings

South American Landscape, 1856 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

South American Landscape 1856

Oil Painting
$3483
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-5709
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 59.5 x 92 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Tropical Landscape, c.1855 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Tropical Landscape c.1855

Oil Painting
$2355
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-5710
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 28 x 41.3 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Niagara Falls, 1867 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Niagara Falls 1867

Oil Painting
$3214
Canvas Print
$66.97
SKU: CFE-6856
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 260 x 231 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Icebergs, 1861 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Icebergs 1861

Oil Painting
$1665
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-6857
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 163.5 x 285.7 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA

Niagara, 1857 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Niagara 1857

Oil Painting
$4356
Canvas Print
$57.35
SKU: CFE-6858
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 105.4 x 230 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Twilight in the Wilderness, 1860 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Twilight in the Wilderness 1860

Oil Painting
$3527
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8401
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 101.6 x 162.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Cotopaxi, 1855 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cotopaxi 1855

Oil Painting
$3568
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8418
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 76.2 x 117.9 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

Morning in the Tropics, c.1858 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Morning in the Tropics c.1858

Oil Painting
$1585
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8419
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 21 x 35.5 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

South American Landscape, 1873 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

South American Landscape 1873

Oil Painting
$2782
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8420
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: unknown
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA

A Catskill Landscape, c.1858/60 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

A Catskill Landscape c.1858/60

Oil Painting
$1800
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8421
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 26 x 40.9 cm
Private Collection

Camp Fire in the Maine Wilderness, n.d. by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Camp Fire in the Maine Wilderness n.d.

Oil Painting
$2151
Canvas Print
$69.99
SKU: CFE-8422
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 43.6 x 63.8 cm
Private Collection

Sunset in Equador, n.d. by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Sunset in Equador n.d.

Oil Painting
$1446
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8424
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: unknown
Private Collection

Our Flag, 1864 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Our Flag 1864

Oil Painting
$1793
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8425
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 54.6 x 34.3 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA

View of Cotopaxi, 1857 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

View of Cotopaxi 1857

Oil Painting
$3617
Canvas Print
$83.96
SKU: CFE-8426
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 62.2 x 92.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cotopaxi, 1862 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cotopaxi 1862

Oil Painting
$3715
Canvas Print
$72.53
SKU: CFE-8427
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 121.9 x 215.9 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA

Syria by the Sea, 1873  by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Syria by the Sea 1873

Oil Painting
$3393
Canvas Print
$85.03
SKU: CFE-8428
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 142.2 x 215.9 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA

Rainy Season in the Tropics, 1866 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Rainy Season in the Tropics 1866

Oil Painting
$3760
Canvas Print
$83.61
SKU: CFE-8429
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 142.9 x 214 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

Twilight (Catskill Mountain), 1858 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Twilight (Catskill Mountain) 1858

Oil Painting
$3275
Canvas Print
$83.42
SKU: CFE-8431
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 60.6 x 91.1 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

Mountain Landscape (Our Banner in the Sky), c.1861 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Mountain Landscape (Our Banner in the Sky) c.1861

Oil Painting
$380
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8432
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 19.1 x 29.2 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA

The Aegean Sea, c.1877 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Aegean Sea c.1877

Oil Painting
$3520
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8433
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 137.2 x 160.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Parthenon, 1871 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Parthenon 1871

Oil Painting
$4294
Canvas Print
$76.81
SKU: CFE-8434
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 113 x 184.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Heart of the Andes, 1859 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Heart of the Andes 1859

Oil Painting
$8856
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8435
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 168 x 302.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Cayambe, 1858 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cayambe 1858

Oil Painting
$2240
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8436
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 30.5 x 45.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

A Passing Storm, 1849 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

A Passing Storm 1849

Oil Painting
$1784
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8437
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 35.9 x 30.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Otter Creek, Mt. Desert, 1850 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Otter Creek, Mt. Desert 1850

Oil Painting
$2374
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8438
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 42.5 x 61 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

El Rio de Luz (The River of Light), 1877 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

El Rio de Luz (The River of Light) 1877

Oil Painting
$3806
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8439
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 138.1 x 213.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1870 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives 1870

Oil Painting
$6995
Canvas Print
$81.46
SKU: CFE-8440
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 138 x 214.3 cm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

Tropical Scenery, 1873 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Tropical Scenery 1873

Oil Painting
$3520
Canvas Print
$82.71
SKU: CFE-8441
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 97.3 x 152.2 cm
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows), 1879 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows) 1879

Oil Painting
$3422
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8442
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 118.8 x 183.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Storm in the Mountains, 1847 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Storm in the Mountains 1847

Oil Painting
$2578
Canvas Print
$63.10
SKU: CFE-8443
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 75.5 x 62.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Sunset from Olana, 1891 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Sunset from Olana 1891

Oil Painting
$1039
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8444
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 11.8 x 16.3 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

Pichincha, 1867 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Pichincha 1867

Oil Painting
$3527
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8445
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 78.7 x 122.4 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Aurora Borealis, 1865 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Aurora Borealis 1865

Oil Painting
$3341
Canvas Print
$51.20
SKU: CFE-8447
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 142.3 x 212.2 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA

Cotopaxi, 1855 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cotopaxi 1855

Oil Painting
$3846
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8448
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 71.1 x 106.8 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA

The Iceberg, 1891 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Iceberg 1891

Oil Painting
$2355
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8449
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 50.8 x 76.2 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

Above the Clouds at Sunrise, 1849 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Above the Clouds at Sunrise 1849

Oil Painting
$2726
Canvas Print
$51.34
SKU: CFE-8450
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 69.2 x 102.2 cm
Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art, Alabama, USA

Tropical Landscape, c.1882 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Tropical Landscape c.1882

Oil Painting
$1793
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8451
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 25.4 x 40.6 cm
Private Collection

New England Landscape with Ruined Chimney, 1846 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

New England Landscape with Ruined Chimney 1846

Oil Painting
$1219
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8464
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 23.5 x 35 cm
Private Collection

View on the Magdalena River, 1857 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

View on the Magdalena River 1857

Oil Painting
$3243
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8465
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 60.3 x 91.4 cm
Private Collection

The Andes of Ecuador, 1855 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Andes of Ecuador 1855

Oil Painting
$3585
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8466
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 122 x 190.5 cm
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, North Carolina, USA

Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica, 1867 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica 1867

Oil Painting
$3304
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8467
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 122 x 213.5 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset, c.1860 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset c.1860

Oil Painting
$1353
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8468
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 21 x 31 cm
Private Collection

El Khasne, Petra, 1874 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

El Khasne, Petra 1874

Oil Painting
$1042
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8469
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 153 x 127.6 cm
Private Collection

The Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1852 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Natural Bridge, Virginia 1852

Oil Painting
$2554
SKU: CFE-8470
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 71.1 x 58.4 cm
Bayly Art Museum, Virginia , USA

Scene on the Magdalena, 1854 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Scene on the Magdalena 1854

Oil Painting
$3495
SKU: CFE-8471
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 71.1 x 106.7 cm
National Academy Museum, New York, USA

Cotopaxi, n.d. by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cotopaxi n.d.

Oil Painting
$1234
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8472
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 19.3 x 12.4 cm
Private Collection

A Country Home, 1854 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

A Country Home 1854

Oil Painting
$3670
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-8473
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 81.3 x 129.5 cm
Seattle Art Museum, Washington, USA

Hooker's Party Coming to Hartford, 1846 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Hooker's Party Coming to Hartford 1846

Oil Painting
$2966
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-12273
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 102.2 x 152.4 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

The Mountains of Ecuador, 1855 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Mountains of Ecuador 1855

Oil Painting
$3393
Canvas Print
$50.23
SKU: CFE-12274
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 62 x 93.3 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

Scene in the Catskills, 1851 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Scene in the Catskills 1851

Oil Painting
$3304
Canvas Print
$51.76
SKU: CFE-12275
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 89.5 x 131.4 cm
Public Collection

The Iceberg, c.1875 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

The Iceberg c.1875

Oil Painting
$2200
Canvas Print
$96.48
SKU: CFE-12276
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 55.9 x 68.6 cm
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, USA

Mountain Ktaadn, 1853 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Mountain Ktaadn 1853

Oil Painting
$2840
Canvas Print
$82.53
SKU: CFE-12277
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 92.1 x 140.3 cm
Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA

View of Cotopaxi, 1867 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

View of Cotopaxi 1867

Oil Painting
$2008
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-12278
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 27.9 x 45.7 cm
Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA

Coast Scene, Mount Desert, 1863 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Coast Scene, Mount Desert 1863

Oil Painting
$2840
Canvas Print
$56.88
SKU: CFE-12279
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 92 x 122 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

Apple Blossoms at Olana, 1870 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Apple Blossoms at Olana 1870

Oil Painting
$1246
SKU: CFE-16980
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 30 x 46.3 cm
Public Collection

Abandoned Skiff, 1850 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Abandoned Skiff 1850

Oil Painting
$1393
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-17551
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 28 x 43.2 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Autumn, 1875 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Autumn 1875

Oil Painting
$625
Canvas Print
$50.22
SKU: CFE-17552
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 39.4 x 61 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Cross in the Wilderness, 1857 by Frederic Edwin Church | Painting Reproduction

Cross in the Wilderness 1857

Oil Painting
$840
Canvas Print
$50.23
SKU: CFE-17553
Frederic Edwin Church
Original Size: 41.3 x 61.5 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

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