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Frederic Edwin Church

1826 - 1900

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Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church's paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederic Edwin Church has received more than 787,486 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Frederic Edwin Church is the 396th most popular painter (up from 463rd in 2019), the 1,281st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,572nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Painter.

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  • 40

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  • 3.54

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 396 out of 2,023. Before him are Oskar Schlemmer, Giambattista Pittoni, Bartholomeus Spranger, Ferdinand Bol, Thomas Cole, and Gino Severini. After him are Jules Chéret, André Masson, Max Klinger, Shitao, Eva Gonzalès, and Asger Jorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 9. Before him are Eugénie de Montijo, Charles XV of Sweden, Gustave Moreau, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Ludwig Minkus, and Stanislao Cannizzaro. After him are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Afanasyev, Armand David, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Zénobe Gramme. Among people deceased in 1900, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 19. Before him are Naim Frashëri, Wilhelm Liebknecht, John Sherman, Emil Škoda, Nicolas Chauvin, and Osman Nuri Pasha. After him are Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Francis, Duke of Teck, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and Birsa Munda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 1,281 out of 20,380. Before him are Thelonious Monk (1917), Paul Ryan (1970), Christina Onassis (1950), Carla Bley (1936), Alan Silvestri (1950), and Robin Cook (1940). After him are John Dickinson (1732), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Timothy Leary (1920), Susan Hayward (1917), J. Michael Bishop (1936), and Cordell Hull (1871).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Frederic Edwin Church ranks 10. Before him are Edward Hopper (1882), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Grant Wood (1891), Richard Serra (1939), Norman Rockwell (1894), and Robert Rauschenberg (1925). After him are Joseph Kosuth (1945), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Bob Ross (1942), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sol LeWitt (1928), and Margaret Keane (1927).

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