Hisįuture as a painter of renown was assured.Ĭhurch’s style was epic. The painting was a triumph and Frederic had undoubtably found his style. However, in 1859 he created his first great masterpiece, “The After his 1853 trip to SouthĪmerica, he returned in 1857 and brought back countless sketches which in turn spawned a great Globe-trotting to include Europe, the Middle East and even the Arctic. Travelling was to prove the most productive and enduring inspiration of Church’s life, expanding his The descriptions of South America especially fascinated Church,Ĭonsequently, in 1853 he decided to retrace Humboldt’s steps and journey to Ecuador himself. “Kosmos”, which, based on the author’s extensive travels, put forward his views on the harmonyīetween science and nature. Frederic was exhilarated by Humboldt’s book, Naturalist and explorer, Alexander von Humboldt. Inspired by writers of the day including British social thinker John Ruskin and particularly, Prussian Romanticise, even idealise nature which he believed strongly was God’s creation. Like Cole, Frederic was a devout protestant and he sought always to Inspirations and StyleĮven though Church was a "new broom" at the helm of the Hudson River School, he still held true to Would produce some of the finest and awe-inspiring works ever seen. This newīreed of landscape artists was to find artistic inspiration further beyond New England and they Leader of the Hudson River School and a second generation of the movement was born. In 1846 Church sold his first painting and by 1948, at the tender age of 22 he took onĪfter the untimely and sudden death of Thomas Cole in late 1848, Frederic became the de facto Surrounding countryside of New York State and travelled all over New England sketching and honing Two years and during that time developed his skills considerably. Saying that, “Church has the finest eye for drawing in the world”. The movement was based on three fundamental themes discovery, explorationĪnd settlement and their work often depicted romanticised pastoral scenes of the great AmericanĬole was very impressed with Frederic and considered him a great talent. Who shared a great love of the New England scenery and believed in the peaceful communion of The Hudson River School was a group of loosely affiliated painters School in 1825 and, by the time he became Church’s tutor, had long established himself as a leading Was invited to study with the great landscape artist Thomas Cole. Thomas Cole and the Hudson River Schoolįrederic was interested in painting from a very early age and by the time he reached eighteen he (1861) was acquired at auction for $2.5 million, the third highest price ever paid for a painting at that In 1979 after interest had been renewed, Frederic’s work, “The Icebergs” Nonetheless,Ĭhurch’s paintings are widely sought after today with his work enjoying somewhat of a renaissance Throughout his career, but towards the end of his life his popularity dwindled.
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He enjoyed a great deal of critical and financial success This exhibition book is a great memento from the exhibition, Church: A Painter's Pilgrimage, which will be at the Detroit Institute of Arts from OctoJanuary 15, 2018.This financial comfort, of course allowed him to indulge his penchant for art at a young age.įamous for his enormous and meticulously detailed canvases, Church is perhaps the best known of Paperback with flaps, 224 pages, 125 color and 10 b/w Illustrations Mercedes Volait is a senior researcher at CNRS and director of the research center InVisu at Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
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Avery is senior research scholar at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Myers is curator of American art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. This impressive volume stands apart in its new approach to the artist’s work and its quest to determine why and how this quintessentially American figure was drawn to scenery and themes from the other side of the globe. The essays concentrate on a set of six major paintings of architectural and archaeological marvels one essay also spotlights Olana, Church’s home in New York State, which reflects the influence of Middle Eastern design. Taking a closer look at this geographical and thematic shift in Church’s practice, this handsome book, Frederic Church: A Painter's Pilgrimage, brings together the artist’s major paintings of Athens, Rome, Jerusalem, and the surrounding region. Among Church’s lesser-known masterpieces are his paintings of the Middle East, Italy, and Greece, produced in the late 1860s through late 1870s, which explore themes of human history and achievement. Carr, and Mercedes VolaitĪ beautiful overview of fascinating paintings of the classical world and the Holy Land by a beloved American artist.įrederic Church (1826–1900), one of the leading painters of 19th-century America and the Hudson River School, also journeyed around the globe to find fresh inspiration for his highly detailed compositions.