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The Icebergs, detail

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Description: The Icebergs, detail
TitleThe Icebergs, detail
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https:/­/­collections.dma.org/­artwork/­4171219
Accession number1979.28
SubjectsIcebergs in artLandscape painting, American--19th centuryHudson River school of landscape painting
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The North
Eleanor Jones Harvey
Description: The Voyage of the Icebergs: Frederic Church’s Arctic Masterpiece
The Voyage of the Icebergs: Frederic Church’s Arctic Masterpiece
~The artist applied the finishing touches to his masterful presentation in the accompanying broadside (fig. 16). That text is reprinted here in full for the first time. Each paragraph is paired with the corresponding details of the painting, to provide a simulacrum of the original viewers’ experience of The Icebergs.
Author
Eleanor Jones Harvey
PublisherDallas Museum of Art
Copyright© 2002 by the Dallas Museum of Art
Related print edition pages: pp.28-43
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00204.002
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20129&redirecttoanchor=50045
Chapter subject tags:Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900. IcebergsBroadsidesPolar regions--Discovery and explorationIcebergs in artLandscape painting, American--19th century

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Description: The Icebergs
The Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs
The Icebergs
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4171219
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4171219
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on paperboard mounted on canvas
Dimensions8 1/8 × 13 in.
LocationMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset
Icebergs and Wreck in Sunset
Description: Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Labrador
Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Labrador
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint on paperboard
Dimensions5 3/8 × 14 7/8 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196649/
Accession number1917-4-296-c
Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Labrador
Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Labrador
Description: Floating Icebergs
Floating Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil on cardboard
Dimensions2 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18201329/
Accession number1917-4-749-b
Floating Icebergs
Floating Icebergs
Description: Floating Icebergs
Floating Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard
Dimensions3 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196565/
Accession number1917-4-290-a
Floating Icebergs
Floating Icebergs
Description: Icebergs, Twillingate
Icebergs, Twillingate
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions11 15/16 × 18 1/8 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196605/
Accession number1917-4-294-a
Icebergs, Twillingate
Icebergs, Twillingate
Description: Iceberg against Evening Sky
Iceberg against Evening Sky
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint, graphite on thin buff wove paper
Dimensions4 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18201151/
Accession number1917-4-731
Iceberg against Evening Sky
Iceberg against Evening Sky
Description: Icebergs at Midnight, Labrador
Icebergs at Midnight, Labrador
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint on paperboard
Dimensions12 × 19 15/16 in.
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18200951/
Accession number1917-4-711
Icebergs at Midnight, Labrador
Icebergs at Midnight, Labrador
Description: Floating Iceberg
Floating Iceberg
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions7 3/8 × 14 3/4 in. (18.8 × 37.5 cm)
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196637/
Accession number1917-4-296-a
Floating Iceberg
Floating Iceberg
Description: The Iceberg
The Iceberg
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/5 × 39 1/4 in.(71.6 × 99.7 cm)
LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1016591&retPrompt=Back+to+Results&retUrl=CollectionSearch.aspx%3fsrch%3dThe%2bIceberg
Accession number72.7.3
The Iceberg
The Iceberg
Description: The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 1/8 × 119 1/4 in. (168 × 302.9 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10481
Accession number1909, 09.95
The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes
Description: Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1862
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 85 in. (121.9 × 215.9 cm)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/cotopaxi-37907
Accession number76.89
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Description: Twilight in the Wilderness
Twilight in the Wilderness
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 64 in. (101.6 × 162.6 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.233
Accession number1965.233
Twilight in the Wilderness
Twilight in the Wilderness
Description: The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern...
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern Seas, in the Summer of 1859
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1862
Object typePeriodical
LocationOlana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY
Accession numberOL.1986.146
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from...
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern Seas, in the Summer of 1859
Description: The Icebergs, final study
The Icebergs, final study
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas laid down on masonite
Dimensions10 × 18 1/8 in. (25.4 × 46 cm)
LocationColby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine
https://www.colby.edu/museum/?s=Final%20Study%20for%20the%20Iceberg&obj=Obj8304?
Accession number(00)1.2014
The Icebergs, final study
Final Study for the Icebergs
Description: Niagara
Niagara
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1857
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 90 1/2 in.
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Corcoran Collection
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.166436.html
Accession number2014.79.10
Niagara
Niagara
Description: Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions101 3/8 × 89 1/2 in. (257.5 × 227.3 cm)
LocationNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4758/niagara-falls-american-side
Accession numberNG 799
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Description: Study for The Icebergs
Study for The Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions7 1/8 × 12 in.
LocationOlana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York
Accession numberOL.1980.1939
Study for The Icebergs
Study for The Icebergs
Description: Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions56 1/8 × 83 3/8 in.
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/aurora-borealis-4806
Accession number1911.4.1
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis
Description: The Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 × 23 in. (71.1 × 58.4 cm)
LocationBayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
Description: Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford in...
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford in 1636
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 1/4 × 60 3/16 in.
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1850.9
Hooker and Company Journeying through...
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford, in 1636
Description: To the Memory of Cole
To the Memory of Cole
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1848
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 × 49 in. (81.3 × 124.5 cm)
LocationPrivate collection
To the Memory of Cole
To the Memory of Cole
Description: Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 5/16 × 84 5/8 in. (122.7 × 214.9 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1905.21
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Description: New England Landscape
New England Landscape
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 21
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1849
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 1/8 × 36 1/4 in.
LocationAmon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
New England Landscape
New England Landscape

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