American Hudson River School Painter, 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. This was an unusual honour Related Paintings of Frederic Edwin Church :. | July Sunset, Berkshire County, Massachusetts | Autumn Shower | Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp | Marine Sunset | Oil Study of Cotopaxi Frederic Edwin Church | Related Artists: Lorenzo Veneziano actice in venice 1356-1372 Paul Maitland British Painter, 1863-1909 Sir Samuel Fildes English Painter, 1843-1927