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Frederic Edwin Church
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American landscape painter (1826–1900)
OverviewAI-generated
Frederic Edwin Church was a male artist from the United States. He was born on May 4, 1826, and died on April 7, 1900. His professional output includes works such as *Paintings by Frederic E. Church, N.A.*, *Frederic E. Church*, *Close observation*, *Fire & ice*, and *Niagara Falls, from the American side*.
Church is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. Various sources list different counts for his works, with figures ranging from one to ten. His name appears in multiple digital archives and encyclopedic references.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1826
- Died
- 1900
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Paintings by Frederic E. Church, N.A.
- Frederic E. Church
- Close observation
- Fire & ice
- Niagara Falls, from the American side
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1826-05-04
- Active to
- 1900-04-07
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Frederic+Edwin+Church">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,945x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,616x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- <i>Planck</i>2015 results
· 2016 · cited 9,867x
- RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9
· 2013 · cited 8,497x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1826-05-04 ) May 4, 1826, Hartford, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- April 7, 1900 (1900-04-07) (aged 73), New York City, U.S.
- Known for
- Landscape painting
- Notable work
- Niagara , The Heart of the Andes
- Movement
- Hudson River School
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edwin
- Family name
- Church
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hartford
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- visual arts
- Genre
- luminism
- Movement
- Hudson River school
- Image
- Frederic Edwin Church - Brady-Handy.jpg
- Work location
- Mexico
- Residence
- Olana State Historic Site
Show 11 more facts
- Commons Creator page
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Commons category
- Frederic Edwin Church
- date of death
- 1900-04-07
- date of birth
- 1826-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Frederic Edwin Church
- has works in the collection
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
- influenced by
- Alexander von Humboldt
- name in native language
- Frederic Edwin Church
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Howard Russell Butler
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Frederic Edwin Church, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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. He debuted some of his major works in single-painting exhibitions to a paying and often enthralled audience in New York City. In his prime, he was one of the most famous painters in the United States.
Beginnings
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