Niagara (Frederic Edwin Church) - Wikipedia
The third painting, Niagara Falls, from the American Side, was made in 1867 and is the largest of Church's paintings by surface area.
Art Object Page - National Gallery of Art
An ambitious painter, Church was sure he could capture the power and beauty of Niagara Falls. In this view of the sweeping expanse of Horseshoe Falls, Church plunges us directly into the rushing water. His detailed painting combines frothing waves and water sheeting over rock surfaces.
Niagara Falls - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Niagara Falls is one of the most frequently painted and photographed landscapes in the United States. George Inness produced seven oil paintings of the falls during the 1880s and 1890s, more than he made of any other area at that time.
Frederic Edwin Church | Niagara - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Church painted this exquisite on-site oil study of the Horseshoe Falls section of Niagara Falls, from the Canadian side, most likely during his trip in August, 1858. In his sweeping panorama, the artist, and by extension the viewer, is positioned in the water, looking up at Horseshoe Falls and the Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 on the brink of ...
Frederic Edwin Church | Smithsonian American Art Museum
Church’s Niagara was considered the finest landscape painting of its day. Church experimented with the scale and proportions of his canvas and adjusted his focal point to absorb a wide range of terrestrial and atmospheric phenomena that would convey the range of …
Niagara Falls, from the American Side - Wikipedia
Niagara Falls, from the American Side is a painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Completed in 1867, it is based on preliminary sketches made by the artist at Niagara Falls and on a sepia photograph.
The 19th-Century Blockbuster: Frederic Edwin Church’s “Niagara”
Thousands lined up to buy their tickets to see the newest creation of an American visionary. In 1857 Frederic Edwin Church revealed his seven-foot-wide painting Niagara. The one-picture exhibition was a sensation, cementing Church as the most important American artist of his day.
Frederic Edwin Church Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
A full-scale painting made during one of those visits, Niagara (1857), is horizontally disposed, emphasizing the flow of water towards and over the edge of the precipice. In this later work, Church's focus shifts towards the huge cloud of spray at the foot of the falls.
Niagara Falls - High Museum of Art
Artists sought uniquely New World subjects, such as Niagara Falls, whose epic scale encouraged an equally epic treatment on canvas. Gignoux painted this natural wonder several times and found success with his grand format, dramatic composition, and popular subject matter.
Niagara Falls, from the American Side by Frederic Edwin Church ...
Church's large canvas captures magnificently the drama of Niagara Falls, one of his country's most famous landmarks. This painting, based on a drawing Church made at Niagara in July 1856 and on a sepia photograph touched with colour, was commissioned by the New York art dealer Michael Knoedler in 1866.