View Across Frenchman s Bay from Mt.Desert Island,After a Squall
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
1845
Oil on canvas
38 1/4x62 1/2in
Cincinnati Art Museum,Gift of Alice Scarborough
Painting ID:: 26179
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. View Across Frenchman s Bay from Mt.Desert Island,After a Squall mk48
1845
Oil on canvas
38 1/4x62 1/2in
Cincinnati Art Museum,Gift of Alice Scarborough
