Niagara (Frederic Edwin Church)
Niagara is an oil painting produced in 1857 by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church. Niagara was his most important work to date, and confirmed his reputation as the premier American landscape painter of the time. In his history of Niagara Falls, Pierre Berton writes, "Of the hundreds of paintings made of Niagara, before Church and after him, this is by common consent the greatest."
| Niagara | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Frederic Edwin Church |
| Year | 1857 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 101.6 cm × 229.9 cm (40.0 in × 90.5 in) |
| Location | Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
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