Mt. Katahdin from the South West by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:31x50in (79x127cm) and modern cities

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Church’s virtuosity with atmosphere and distance helped define American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s

Its detailed execution captures the eye with the Shore Lark in striking naturalistic posture

Mt. Katahdin from the South West by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:31x50in (79x127cm) and modern citiesMt. Katahdin from the South West by Frederic Edwin Church is a masterwork of nineteenth century American landscape painting. A leading figure of the Hudson River School, Church combined meticulous observation with a poetic sense of natures grandeur. Here he turns his eye to Maines highest peak, presenting the mountain from a dramatic southwest vantage that emphasizes rugged terrain, far reaching valleys, and the vast sky above. Warm, coppery oranges