Minute detail of flowers, wind, and seasons (detail), Frederic Edwin Church, Heart of the Andes, 1859, oil on canvas, 168 x 302.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)If Church had ever read Twain’s remarks, there can be little doubt the artist would have been delighted. It is in my mind now-and the smallest feature could not be removed without my detecting it. You may find relief, but you cannot banish the picture-It remains with you still. We took the opera glass, and examined its beauties minutely, for the naked eye cannot discern the little wayside flowers, and soft shadows and patches of sunshine, and half-hidden bunches of grass and jets of water which form some of its most enchanting features…You will never get tired of looking at the picture, but your reflections -your efforts to grasp an intelligible Something-you hardly know what -will grow so painful that you will have to go away from the thing, in order to obtain relief. ![]() He was influenced by Cole but became known for paintings of autumn landscapes.Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen-Church's "Heart of the Andes"-which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer-dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades-all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow! I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture-totally new-you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first. He became interested in watercolors and then moved onto oil paintings. Jasper Cropsey was born in New York and started a career in architecture as a teenager. He sketched and painted Native Americans and the Rocky Mountains as he traveled through the American west. He befriended American and German artists, who he traveled through European with. Albert Bierstadt (07:30)Īlbert Bierstadt was a German-born American painting instructor. He painted "The Heart of the Andes" during a trip to Ecuador. He was widely praised for how he captured the feeling of being at the falls. Church's Iconic Landscapes (09:12)Ĭhurch's "The Niagara" is the most famous painting of Niagara Falls. Church painted historical landscapes, including many of his native Connecticut. Church grew as an artist under Cole and adapted his style of sketching and painting. Frederic Edwin Church (05:12)įrederic Edwin Church was educated in art as a child and became Cole's apprentice. In the 1850s, Durand started painting a realistic view of nature. He was commissioned to paint "Kindred Spirits" in honor of Cole. ![]() Durand and Cole (07:39)ĭurand took over leadership of the Hudson River School after Cole's death. He grew tired of engraving and started painting landscapes with Cole, who was his close friend. He had a natural talent for drawing and became a well-known engraver. “The Course of Empire” was a collection that drew inspiration from classical and medieval ruins in Italy. Cole started painting panoramic landscapes in a similar style when he returned to America. Cole's European Inspiration (07:35)Ĭole visited European painters from 1829 to 1832 and greatly admired French artist Claude Lorrain. He became known as the best landscape painter in America and opened a studio in Catskill, New York. In 1825, three of his paintings of the Hudson River Valley drew the attention of the New York art scene. Thomas Cole had no formal artistic training, but his inspiration came from a love of poetry and literature. Cole saw untouched landscapes as gifts from God. ![]() The Hudson River School contributed to the developed of the American artistic style of nature and landscape paintings. The Hudson River Valley in New York had inspired numerous artists.
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