CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1S26-1900).
An American painter, a pupil of Thomas Cole. He was horn in Hartford, Conn., May 4, 1826. The works which gave him prominence are a "View of East Rock, near New Haven," and "Scenes in the Catskill Mountains." He visited South America in I553 and 1857; and in Ecua dor and New Granada made sketches for a num ber of paintings, some of which have attained great celebrity, such as the "Heart of the Andes." "On the Cordilleras," and "Cotopaxi." Another celebrated work is the "Horse-shoe Fall, Niag ara." Ile visited Jamaica, and afterwards Europe and the Holy Land. Some of his other works are "Damascus," "Jerusalem." "The Parthenon," and "Tropical Scenery." Church had a fine pictorial sense and good feeling for correct composition, but his attention to and fondness for details often marred the breadth of his most important canvases. His -ense of landscape seems mainly
pictorial. and as he antedated the new move ment of light and air which of recent years has done so much to remove landscape from the merely pictorial school. his work depended large ly on scenic interest for its popularity. lle sought remote countries and unfamiliar regions for his subjects, which he often painted on a large scale; but, owing to his want of breadth in treatment, they have failed to be permanently impressive. Ile drew with care, and filled his canvases with multitudinous details which ex cited respect for his skill; but they are not vincing proofs of a profound love of the verities of nature, and are far removed from the sincerity of Constable, let us say, who, much earlier. in lineneed for good all landscape art in America. He died in New York City, April 7, 1900.