The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-25
f. {. CHURCH.
Dies in New York at a
Ripe Age.
He Was One of Americas Greatest
Landscape Painters--His Son
a Business Man Here.

Fred ]. Church Of the Honolulu Photo
Supply Co. received by the Doric the
sad news of the death of hissather, the
noted American artist, in New York
early this month. Mr.. Churchs father
was quite an old man at the time Of his
death and for years has been an invalid.
HIS winters were spent in Mexico as the
guest Of Pres. Diaz and has had just
returned to New York when he was
called from this world.
The New ork Herald OF April 10th
says:
Frederic L. Church, one of the most
renowned OF Anne lean landscape paint
ers, died here yesterday morning, in the
former home OF his lifelong friend, W.
III. Osborn, now deceased. The resi-
dence is at No. 81 Park avenue.
Mr.. Church was in his seventy-fifth
year. He had been in feeble health, al
most an invalid, for more than a dec
ade. but Notwithstanding had gone to
Mexico for twelve successive winters.
He returned from his last visit to That
-c1untry two weeks ago, and was taken
i'll Immediately afterward. He could
not be removed to his home, Diana,
overlooking the Hudson, at Catskill
station.
There are in the family three sons
Frederic, Theodore and Louisiana a
daughter, now Mrs. Black.
Mr.. Church was next % the oldest
member of the National Academy OF
Design. Some of his wonderful paint
ings date back fifty years. They have
always been priced and many OF them
now hang in the best galleries.
One of the oldest paintings Is THE
Niagara" now in the Corcoran Gallery.
at Washington. 1t was bought by the
gallery for s12,500. Another of SINH
/ lar subject, THE Horseshoe Falls" was
owned by the late A. T. Stewart and
/ has now found it's way to one of the
/ best galleries in Edinburgh.
/ When Mr.. Church's painting. "The
/ Heart of the Andes" was on exhibition
| in his studio, in Tenth street, several
years ago, it is related that the street
was so crowded that policemen came
/ to keep a passageway open.
Perhaps he was best known for his
marvellous pictures of icebergs. One OF
these paintings, THE Iceberg" is now
/ in England. "The Heart of the Andes
is owned by Mrs. David Bows, of this
city. "Cotopaxi," a beautiful picture
Of a mountain landscape is in the LenOX
Library. Other paintings are the prop
erty of Mrs. Osborn.
Mr.. Church was a member OF the
Century Club, the Metropolitan Museum
OF Arts Association, the National Acad-
envy OF Design and the American Mu-
scum of Natural History Association.
Mrs. Osborn has written the following
tribute to the memory of the artist:
mo other artist has studied nature in
so many different parts Of the world or
under such varied aspects. The ice
berg floating on the lonely Northern
ocean, touched by the rays of the set
ting sun; the evanescent rainbow how
ering over Niagara Falls, the snow
/ capped peaks and tropical forests of
South America, the dignity of the Par
thenon at Athens, the pathetic solemn
/ ity OF Jerusalem, the Holy City. as seen
from the Mount OF Olives, all have been
portrayed by the same mastery hand
and are works Of art of which our coun-
try may well bep roud."