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Frederic Edwin Church, El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)

Frederic Edwin Church

American · 1826–1900 · Painter, Printmaker

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  1. Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Tropics (A tropical moonlight) 30 x 25 1/4inTwilight in the Tropics (A tropical moonlight) 30 x 25 1/4inBonhams · $1,274,000≈ £821,353≈ €930,606Sign up to see
  2. Sketch at ChimborazoBrunk Auctions · $260,000≈ £228,290≈ €261,202Sign up to see
  3. Frederic Edwin Church, A study of bamboo, oil on paper laid down on MasoniteA study of bambooBonhams · $27,500≈ £16,793≈ €20,232Sign up to see

Frederic Edwin Church’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

American landscape painter (1826–1900)

Born 1826, HartfordDied 1900, New York CityOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q366212 ↗ULAN 500115265 ↗Museum works 22

Hudson River school

Also known as F. E. Church, Fred Edwin Church, Frederic Church, Frederic E. Church, Frederick E. Church, Frederick Edwin Church

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Frederic Edwin Church, El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)
El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)1877 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Avalon Foundation — Open Acc…
Frederic Edwin Church, Newport Mountain, Mount Desert
Newport Mountain, Mount Desert1851 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Wilmerding Collection — Open Access…
Frederic Edwin Church, Fog off Mount Desert
Fog off Mount Desert1850 · oil on academy board
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Wilmerding Collection — Open Access…
Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara
Niagara1857 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Ga…
Frederic Edwin Church, Tamaca Palms
Tamaca Palms1854 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wil…
Frederic Edwin Church, Heart of the Andes
Heart of the Andes1859 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Margaret E. Dows, 1909 — Open Acce…
Frederic Edwin Church, The Parthenon
The Parthenon1871 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the colle…
Frederic Edwin Church, The Aegean Sea
The Aegean Seaca. 1877 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Osborn, 1902 — Ope…
Frederic Edwin Church, Magdalena River, New Granada, Equador
Magdalena River, New Granada, Equador1853 · graphite heightened with white on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund…
Frederic Edwin Church, Springtime in the Levant
Springtime in the Levant1879
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/e932b3b6384ffb9ef7ed27d5c86ab19e ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…
Frederic Edwin Church, Storm in the Mountains
Storm in the Mountains1847
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Frederic Edwin Church, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Cleveland Museum of Art
Frederic Edwin Church, Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador1857
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Frederic Edwin Church, Study
Study1874
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/6fdc06dfabc1d2e13da1394159c450e4 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…
Frederic Edwin Church, Study for "Under Niagara"
Study for "Under Niagara"1858
Olana State Historic Site ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Olana State Historic Site
Frederic Edwin Church, Study for Cotopaxi
Study for Cotopaxi1861
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/8ef30c83956e488835369d0f095a66db ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…
Frederic Edwin Church, Study for View near Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Study for View near Stockbridge, Massachusetts1847
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Frederic Edwin Church, Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador1857
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Frederic Edwin Church, View of Cotopaxi
View of Cotopaxi1857 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Jennette Hamlin in memory of Mr. and Mrs. L…
Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness
Twilight in the Wilderness1860 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund — Open Access (…
Frederic Edwin Church, Storm in the Mountains
Storm in the Mountains1847 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from…
Frederic Edwin Church, The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)
The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)1879 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection — Open Access (CC0)
Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls by Moonlight
Niagara Falls by Moonlightprobably 1856 · graphite and white gouache
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Arthur Mann — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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