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See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
CHURCH, See also:FREDERICK See also:EDWIN (1826-1900) , See also:American landscape painter, was See also:born at See also:Hartford, See also:Connecticut, on the 4th of May 1826. He was a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Cole at See also:Catskill, New See also:York, where his first pictures were painted. Developing unusual technical dexterity, Church from the beginning sought for his themes such marvels of nature as See also:Niagara Falls, the See also:Andes, and tropical forests—he visited See also:South See also:America in 1853 and 1857,–* volcanoes in eruption, and icebergs, the beauties of which he portrayed with See also:great skill in the management of See also:light, See also:colour, and the phenomena of See also:rainbow, mist and sunset, rendering these plausible and effective. In their See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time these paintings awoke the wildest admiration and sold for extravagant prices, collectors in the See also:United States and in See also:Europe eagerly seeking them, though their See also:vogue has now passed away. In 1849 Church was made a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design. His " Great Fall at Niagara " (1857) is in the Corcoran See also:Art See also:Gallery, See also:Washington, D. C., and a large " See also:Twilight " is in the Walters Gallery, See also:Baltimore, See also:Maryland. Among his other canvases are " Andes of See also:Ecuador " (1855), " See also:Heart of the Andes " (1859), " See also:Cotopaxi" (1862), " See also:Jerusalem " (187o), and " See also:Morning in the Tropics " (1877). He died on the 7th of See also:April 'goo, at his See also:house on the See also:Hudson See also:river above New York See also:City, where he had lived and worked for many years. He was the most prominent member of the so-called " Hudson River School " of American artists.
End of Article: CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
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