View of Cotopaxi

1867

Frederic Edwin Church

American, 1826–1900

Oil on canvas

11 x 18 in. (27.9 x 45.7 cm)

On view in the American Art before 1900 galleries

For Frederic Edwin Church, landscape revealed the hidden spirituality of the universe, wherein all the organisms and forces of nature were seen as one living, active whole. Nowhere was this more evident than in the hothouse of the tropics. Following in the footsteps of scientific explorer-naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, Church made two trips to South America, in 1853 and 1857. In the two paintings by Church on this wall, View of Cotopaxi and Chimborazo Volcano, the lush, tropical landscape and smoldering volcanoes of Ecuador reenact the drama of man’s and earth’s regeneration.

1969.113.2

Yale University Art Gallery, Given by Miss Annette I. Young in memory of Professor D. Cady Eaton and Mr. Innis Young

http://artgallery.yale.edu/node/533941

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