Niagara Falls by Moonlight
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900) · probably 1856 · graphite and white gouache
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Niagara Falls by Moonlight is a CC0 drawing by Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), dated probably 1856. Graphite and white gouache. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Niagara Falls by Moonlight” (probably 1856) is one of Church’s exhibition landscapes. He traveled for the studies, then composed the large picture of ice, a volcano, or a sunset back in the studio.
About the artist
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) was an American landscape painter of the Hudson River School. He traveled to make closely observed studies, then composed large exhibition pictures of volcanoes, icebergs, and sunsets.
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