Heart of the Andes

Name: Heart of the Andes
Brand: Frederic Edwin Church
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1859 · Frederic Edwin Church

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Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) in Arber Natural, living — Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Living room

Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, bedroom — Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Bedroom

Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, hotel lobby — Shown at 20 × 40 in (50.8 × 101.6 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Hotel lobby

Story

A vast mountain range rises under a clouded sky, its snow-dusted summits looking down over wooded valleys, a tumbling waterfall, and a winding river below. Greens, browns, and blues move across the scene, giving the land a layered, breathing quality. The painting, titled Heart of the Andes, was created in 1859 by Frederic Edwin Church in oil on canvas, and it is held today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, having come to the museum through a bequest. Church, who lived from 1826 to 1900, worked within the Hudson River school tradition of landscape painting. Looking closely, the eye is drawn to the waterfall threading down through the trees, a small bright accent amid the broader expanse of peaks and forest that dominates the composition.