Romantic Dreamscapes from 19th century American artist Frederic Edwin Church
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, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church s paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. (Wikipedia) Frederic Edwin Church loved to dream. He dreamed of mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. He dreamed of exotic lands shrouded in mist, of waves crashing against craggy cliffs, of reflections in the stillness of dawns first light. Church was a pupil of Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School of American landscape paintersan art movement influenced by romanticism.
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