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Frederic Edwin Church

1826 - 1900

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederic Edwin Church is the 1,075th most popular painter (down from 396th in 2019), the 4,036th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,281st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 1,075 out of 2,023. Before him are Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, Caspar van Wittel, Li Cheng, Moretto da Brescia, Jean-Jacques Henner, and Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt. After him are Simone Peterzano, Maria de Dominici, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Jean Hey, Luis Egidio Meléndez, and Frans Post.

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Among people born in 1826, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 33. Before him are George B. McClellan, Stephen Foster, Giuseppe Zanardelli, Walter Bagehot, Gustave Moynier, and Rahime Perestu Sultan. After him are Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hormuzd Rassam, Richard Christopher Carrington, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, and İbrahim Şinasi. Among people deceased in 1900, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 53. Before him are Gustav Hartlaub, David Edward Hughes, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Bruno Abakanowicz. After him are Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Wilhelm Kühne, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Fatima Sheikh, Leonardo Murialdo, and Piet Joubert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 4,036 out of 20,380. Before him are Stewart Copeland (1952), Kit Carson (1809), Tallulah Bankhead (1902), Alan Hale Sr. (1892), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), and Chris Tucker (1971). After him are George McGovern (1922), Elizabeth Warren (1949), Delmer Daves (1904), Jean Acker (1893), Carey Lowell (1961), and Donn F. Eisele (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 47. Before him are James Rosenquist (1933), Richard Estes (1932), Cy Twombly (1928), Gutzon Borglum (1867), Allan Kaprow (1927), and Benjamin West (1738). After him are Carl Andre (1935), Franz Kline (1910), N. C. Wyeth (1882), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), John Singleton Copley (1738), and Lilla Cabot Perry (1848).

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