Probably, like Turner, the artist had the ability to memorize colors and was able to transfer them onto the canvas. What is striking about the work is the number of tones and details that Church achieved from this photography and drawing, since, as stimuli, are a little rough. To paint it, he used a colored photograph and a drawing of the landscape he made beforehand. Niagara Falls of 1867 is one of the four paintings he made during his mature age. Unlike other artists of the School, Church was taking a more scientific approach to the motifs of his work and, therefore, his paintings are more detailed and accurate than those of his contemporaries. He is recognized today as one of the most important figures of the Hudson River School, a group of artists who, imitating the European Romantics (such as Turner, Whistler and Cotman), found inspiration in strictly American landscapes. Niagara Falls | Frederic Edwin Church | 1867Ĭhurch’s talent did not go unnoticed and before he was 30, he already had become a renowned artist.
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