Frederic Edwin Church - Hartford, CT
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 41° 47.029 W 072° 40.739
18T E 692876 N 4628377
The grave of 19th century American landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church is located in Spring Grove Cemetery at 2035 Main Street in Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WM114BA
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2019
Views: 6
Download this waymark:
.GPX File
.LOC File
.KML File (Google Earth)

The grave of Frederic Edwin Church is located in a family plot surrounded by an wrought iron fence. In the back of the plot is a tall family obelisk with the family name CHURCH inscribed in raised letters on the base. The rear dado of the base is inscribed:

FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH
MAY 1, 1826
APR. 7, 1900
 ---
ISABEL MORTIMER CHURCH
HIS WIFE
NOV. 10, 1836
MAY 12, 1899

To the right and in front of the monument are individual grave markers for Frederic Edwin Church and his wife. The pair of stone markers are 2' high with rounded tops set on a rectangular stone base. The marker for Frederic Edwin Church is inscribed:

FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH
MAY 1, 1826.
APR. 7, 1900.

Description:

Frederic Edwin Church was born on May 4, 1826 in Hartford, CT. At age of 18 he began studying under Thomas Cole, the founder of the American art movement known as the Hudson River School of landscape art. Soon he became Cole's most famous pupil as a leading artist of the Hudson River School. He specialized in depicting landscapes as a pastoral setting, where human beings could coexisted peacefully with nature. Hudson River School landscapes are characterized by their realistic, detailed, and sometimes idealized portrayal of nature. In general, Hudson River School artists believed that the American landscape was a reflection of God.

In the 19th century, Church became enormously successful as an artist. His works now hang in some of the greatest art museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ("Heart of the Andes" and "Parthenon"), the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. ("Niagara Falls") and the Cleveland Museum of Art ("Twilight in the Wilderness").



Date of birth: 05/01/1826

Date of death: 04/07/1900

Area of notoriety: Art

Marker Type: Headstone

Setting: Outdoor

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight Hours

Fee required?: No

Web site: [Web Link]
Visit Instructions:
To post a visit log for waymarks in this category, you must have personally visited the waymark location. When logging your visit, please provide a note describing your visit experience, along with any additional information about the waymark or the surrounding area that you think others may find interesting.

We especially encourage you to include any pictures that you took during your visit to the waymark. However, only respectful photographs are allowed. Logs which include photographs representing any form of disrespectful behavior (including those showing personal items placed on or near the grave location) will be subject to deletion.
Search for...
Geocaching.com Google Map
Google Maps
MapQuest
Bing Maps
Nearest Waymarks
Nearest Grave of a Famous Person
Nearest Geocaches
Create a scavenger hunt using this waymark as the center point
Recent Visits/Logs:
There are no logs for this waymark yet.