Coast Scene,Mount Desert
1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. mk48
1863
Oil on canvas
36 1/8x48in
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,Hartford.Connecticut,Bequest of Mrs.Clara Hinton Gould
Painting ID:: 26222
Frederic E.Church 1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. Coast Scene,Mount Desert mk48
1863
Oil on canvas
36 1/8x48in
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,Hartford.Connecticut,Bequest of Mrs.Clara Hinton Gould
