Dallas Museum of Art Collection: The Icebergs

Dallas Museum of Art — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:42:53 +0000

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When The Icebergs was first exhibited at a Civil War fundraising exhibition, critics hailed it as "the most splendid work of art that has yet been produced in this country." Both sides of the Atlantic thrilled to this dramatic scene, which was based on sketches made by the artist during a month-long chartered boat trip in the North Atlantic, off the Canadian coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.

"El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)," 1877, Frederic Edwin Church

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:33:52 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Take a walk in the jungle in Frederic Edwin Church’s painting “El Rio de Luz (The River of Light).” Church, who was a student of the great American painter Thomas Cole, traveled to the jungles of South America, where he made color sketches of the flowers, trees, and plants. Once he returned to his studio, he turned his sketches into large landscape paintings. Look closely—do you see the red-chested hummingbirds sitting on the tree branches? On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 67. http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/ploc?object=50299

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ArtBabble: Frederic Edwin Church

Dallas Museum of Art Collection: The Icebergs

"El Rio de Luz (The River of Light)," 1877, Frederic Edwin Church