Church captures that moment when water and sky blur into colour and quiet brilliance. The River of Light feels timeless, deep, and somehow luminousβ¦ like the calm after a long day, seen just right. π β¨
π The River of Light (1877) β Frederic Edwin Church
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Β« Alpine Scene In Thunderstorm Β» by Frederic Edwin Church
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Β« Sunrise Β» by Frederic Edwin Church
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"A Passing Storm," Frederic Edwin Church, 1849.
Church (1826-1900) was one of the great American landscape painters and a central figure of the Hudson River School.
Church was a great realist but also infused his work with his religious faith, driving home a wonder of the glories of creation. He depicted a number of natural wonders, like waterfalls, glaciers, and volcanoes, but also doing things on a epic scale and making them emotionally affecting with his use of light.
He wasn't content with simply depicting American scenes...he traveled around the world, painting the Andes, rain forests, Mexican scenes, the Middle East, and Europe.
Interest in his work faded and by his death he was almost forgotten, but in the 1960s interest rose again. His home in Hudson, NY, was turned into a state historic site, and museums began to collect and display his work, now seen as emblematic of the optimism of 19th century America.
Let us be optimistic in the face of passing storms!
From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Olana State Historic Site, Hudson NY. Home of artist Frederic Edwin Church.
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 4: Landscape Art for an Industrializing Country
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Distant view of the pavilion containing the three crosses in front of a painted background, the slope of the Lockstein. Grazing sheep or goats and a house are shown at the right bottom. Dated bottom left. An account is written with pencil in the left bottom part.
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