![]() ![]() Painted in 1857, this massive painting had accumulated some damage over time, requiring Church to repaint some of it in 1886. He used a “draft” upon which he tested his ideas and techniques and the final canvas. The painting itself took about six weeks to complete.Ĭhurch used two similar canvases simultaneously. The light creates a partial rainbow beyond the precipice, where the mist is thick. On the horizon are several buildings that provide scale and distance to this a highly realistic rendering.Ĭhurch studied the falls extensively before capturing the effects of mist and turbulent water, and he made dozens of pencil and oil studies. The white foam near the trunk has a thicket paint dimension on an otherwise smooth canvas. The only foreground object is a floating tree trunk with tree roots that provide a sense of scale. “Niagara” is highly naturalistic and brings the viewer to the falls’ lip, highlighting the cascading waters by painting in streams of water and cloudy mists. ![]() The canvas’s unusual proportions w ith a width of 2.3 meters (7 ft 7 in), makes it more than twice as wide as it is high and delivers a composition that leads the eye laterally. This panoramic view from the Niagara Falls’ Canadian side is dramatic and unique and immerses the viewer into the scene. “Niagara” by Frederic Edwin Church depicts Horseshoe Falls, the largest and most iconic of Niagara’s three waterfalls. ![]()
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