View of Cotopaxi
1857 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 62.2 × 92.7 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Frederic Edwin Church painted ten known paintings of the volcano Cotopaxi located in Ecuador. Church was a religious man who also had a great passion for science and nature. Church found the majestic views of Latin America to be evidence of God's role as creator and worked fervently to capture the feeling of divinity within his landscapes.
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About this artwork
View of Cotopaxi (1857) by Frederic Edwin Church, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) "Church and Thomas Cole, the two most esteemed painters of the Hudson River school, were associated from 1844 to 1846 as pupil and master.
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