Frederic Edwin Church: Romantic Landscapes and Seascapes
9 November 2007 - 1 March 2008
Organized by Adelson Galleries in conjunction with Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services and Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas, Frederic Edwin Church: Romantic Landscapes and Seascapes features over thirty paintings by premier American artist, Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). A seminal figure in the development of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Church garnered critical praise and public acclaim for his monumental canvases of some of nature's most awe-inspiring locales, both in the Northeastern United States and abroad. Frederic Edwin Church contextualizes the artist's creative production spanning nearly four decades, bringing together rarely seen paintings from private collections with those acquired by notable public institutions, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and The Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, with contributions by Gerald L. Carr and Lisa Bush Hankin.
Meredith Long & Company, Houston | 9 November – 7 December 2007
Adelson Galleries, New York | 18 January – 1 March 2008
Checklist of works
37 works
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
July Sunset, 1847
Oil on canvas · 29 × 40½ in. (73.7 × 102.9 cm)
Cat. no. 1
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
North Lake, 1847
Oil on canvas · 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)
Cat. no. 2
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Study for View Near Stockbridge, 1847
Oil on board · 7½ × 11 in. (19 × 27.9 cm)
Cat. no. 3
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunrise, c. 1847
Oil on paper · 8½ × 14⅜ in. (21.6 × 36.5 cm)
Cat. no. 4
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
View of Pittsford, Vermont, 1848
Oil on canvas · 11 × 16¼ in. (27.9 × 41.3 cm)
Cat. no. 5
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
West Rock, New Haven, 1849
Oil on canvas · 26½ × 40 in. (67.3 × 101.6 cm)
Cat. no. 6
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Beacon, off Mount Desert Island, 1851
Oil on canvas · 31 × 46 in. (78.7 × 116.8 cm)
Cat. no. 7
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Coast Scene, Mount Desert, 1852
Oil on canvas · 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Cat. no. 8
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Autumn, 1853
Oil on canvas · 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Cat. no. 9
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset on Catskill Lake, 1854
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 10 × 15¾ in. (25.2 × 40 cm)
Cat. no. 10
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset, Bar Harbor, 1854
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 10⅛ × 17¼ in. (25.7 × 43.8 cm)
Cat. no. 11
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
View on the Magdalena River, 1857
Oil on canvas · 23¾ × 36 in. (60.3 × 91.4 cm)
Cat. no. 12
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, 1857
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 11½ × 35⅜ in. (29.2 × 89.9 cm)
Cat. no. 13
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Study for "Under Niagara", 1858
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 11¾ × 17½ in. (29.8 × 44.5 cm)
Cat. no. 14
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Twilight, Mount Ktaadn, c. 1858–60
Oil on paper · 10½ × 13½ in. (26.7 × 34.3 cm)
Cat. no. 15
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset, 1860
Oil on paperboard mounted on canvas · 8¼ × 12¼ in. (21 × 31.1 cm)
Cat. no. 16
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Meteor of 1860, c. 1860
Oil on canvas · 10 × 17 in. (26.6 × 43.2 cm)
Cat. no. 17
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Cotopaxi, 1855
Oil on canvas · 30 × 45 in. (76.2 × 117 cm)
Cat. no. 18
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Oil Study for Cotopaxi, 1861
Oil on canvas · 7½ × 12 in. (19.1 × 30.5 cm)
Cat. no. 19
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Study of Cotopaxi, c. 1862
Chinese white and pencil on paper · 5½ × 9¼ in. (14 × 23.5 cm)
Cat. no. 20
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Eruption at Cotopaxi, c. 1865
Oil on canvas · 9 9/16 × 17 1/16 in. (24.3 × 43.3 cm)
Cat. no. 21
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
The Setting Sun, 1864
Oil on canvas · 9½ × 14 in. (24.1 × 35.6 cm)
Cat. no. 22
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Mount Chimborazo, 1865
Oil on canvas · 7⅛ × 12⅜ in. (18.1 × 31.4 cm)
Cat. no. 23
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Pichincha, 1867
Oil on canvas · 31 × 48 in. (78.7 × 122.4 cm)
Cat. no. 24
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Erechtheum
Oil on paper mounted on canvas · 13 × 12 in. (33 × 30.5 cm)
Cat. no. 25
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Parthenon, 1871
Oil on canvas · 44½ × 72⅝ in. (113 × 184.5 cm)
Cat. no. 26
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset on July 26, 1870, 1870
Oil on paper mounted on artist's board · 8¼ × 13 in. (21 × 33 cm)
Cat. no. 27
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Sunset & Catskills from Church Hill, c. 1870–72
Oil on paperboard · 10⅜ × 13⅞ in. (26.4 × 35.2 cm)
Cat. no. 28
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
View from Olana in the Snow, c. 1870–75
Oil on academy board mounted on Masonite · 13¼ × 21 in. (33.7 × 53.3 cm)
Cat. no. 29
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Clouds over Olana, 1872
Oil on paper · 8⅝ × 12⅛ in. (21.9 × 30.8 cm)
Cat. no. 30
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Study, 1874
Oil on paper laid down on board · 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Cat. no. 31
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Tropical Scenery (South American Landscape), 1873
Oil on canvas · 38 × 59 in. (97.3 × 152.2 cm)
Cat. no. 32
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Syrian Landscape, 1873
Oil on panel · 15½ × 22½ in. (39.4 × 57.1 cm)
Cat. no. 33
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Landscape in the Adirondacks (Lake Scene in the Adirondacks), 1878
Oil on canvas · 8½ × 13 in. (21.6 × 33 cm)
Cat. no. 34
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
The Aegean Sea, c. 1877
Oil on canvas · 54 × 63¼ in. (137.2 × 160.7 cm)
Cat. no. 35
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Springtime in the Levant, 1879
Oil on canvas · 31 × 48 in. (78.7 × 121.9 cm)
Cat. no. 36
Frederic Edwin Church
American, 1826–1900
Marine Sunset (The Black Sea), 1881–82
Oil on canvas · 30⅛ × 42 in. (76.5 × 106.7 cm)
Cat. no. 37