South American Landscape
Date1873
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church
American painter, 1826–1900
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions31 x 48 1/2 in. (78.7 x 123.2 cm)
frame: 36 x 53 1/4 in. (91.4 x 135.3 cm)
frame: 36 x 53 1/4 in. (91.4 x 135.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art, 1964
Object number1964-1
On View
On viewCollections
- American Art through 1960 on View
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWhile in South America, Church made sketches that served as inspiration for major paintings that he produced in his New York studio. This panoramic landscape represents a combination of sites seen and sketched in South America, not a single location.
