Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter. He was a well known figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters. He was best known for painting large landscapes. His best known works were Niagara and The Heart of the Andes.

Other websites
Frederic Edwin Church works at National Gallery of Art
Timeline of Art History Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Olana Partnership
American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Church (see index)
Art and the empire city: New York, 1825–1861, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (full PDF), which contains material on Church
Lyrics to the song "Olana" by Marc Cohn, about Church and the Olana estate, from Church's perspective. 
Art Renewal.org 
Frederic Edwin Church Gallery at MuseumSyndicate 

Category:1826 births
Category:1900 deaths
Category:American painters
Category:People from Hartford, Connecticut
Category:Artists from New York City