Frederic Edwin Church
Twilight in the Wilderness
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Landscapes & sea
The Heart of the Andes
Frederic Edwin Church, 1859
Snow-capped peaks, a waterfall and a river gather in one vast South American landscape, painted with close attention to detail.
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About this artwork
Frederic Edwin Church painted this oil-on-canvas landscape in 1859, drawing on his travels in the South American Andes. It is an idealised view rather than a single recorded spot, bringing together snow, forest, trees, a waterfall and a river. The painting is large, standing more than five feet high and almost ten feet wide. When it was shown in New York City in 1859 it caused a sensation and established Church as the foremost landscape painter in the United States. Today it belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On your wall: Its layered greens, water and snowy peaks suit a spacious living room, a study or a hallway where the eye can wander into the distance.
- Title
- The Heart of the Andes
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Year
- 1859
- Style
- Landscapes & sea
- Shape
- Landscape
Public domain. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Text based on Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter, born in Hartford, Connecticut, and a central figure of the Hudson River School. He is known for large canvases of mountains, waterfalls and sunsets, painted with realistic detail, dramatic light and sweeping views. He showed major works in New York City, where audiences paid to see them.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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