Ira Mountain,Vermont
1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. mk48
by Febuary 1850
Oil on canvas
40 5/5x61 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site ,New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historik Preservation,
Painting ID:: 26175
Frederic E.Church 1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole. Ira Mountain,Vermont mk48
by Febuary 1850
Oil on canvas
40 5/5x61 5/8in
Olana State Historic Site ,New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historik Preservation,
