Magdalena River, New Granada, Equador
Frederic Edwin Church · 1853 · graphite heightened with white on wove paper
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About this picture
Magdalena River, New Granada, Equador is a public-domain drawing by Frederic Edwin Church, dated 1853. Graphite heightened with white on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Magdalena River, New Granada, Equador” (1853) 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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