HUDSON, N.Y. — A hazy pink mass swells behind atmospheric clouds above the Catskill Mountains in a distant valley behind the simple white cross adorned in wreaths of flowers that is the central focus ...

— When Frederic Edwin Church unveiled “The Heart of the Andes” in the spring of 1859, it was not the painting art critics took issue with, but its frame. Church chose to forgo the traditional, ...

Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. The visual feast that is Olana is painter Frederic Edwin Church’s 1870s dream home ...

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10)– The Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape, a new facility at the Olana State Historic Site officially opened Friday. The center will serve as a welcoming center and entry ...

Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was arguably America’s pre-eminent landscape painter during the decades before and after the Civil War. The pupil and devoted friend of the English-born Thomas Cole ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Church writes about Heade's move to ...

June 29, 2019 — If you are ever in the area of the Rip Van Winkle bridge, then you have at least seen signs for the Olana State Historic Sitein Hudson. Olana was the 19th century home, studio and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Donated in 2022 by Jan Wiley, scholar and authorized representative of the Church family. Wiley worked with Mary Grothe, F. Edwin Church's ...

The sculptor Jean Shin gravitates to castoff objects, including a threatened tree at Olana, the former estate of Frederic Church. In memory of the millions of hemlocks that fell in the 19th century to ...

It’s a question old as New York City itself: Where can we escape the summer heat of our beloved concrete oven, seasonally filled with roasting tourists and sizzling garbage? This year, one answer has ...