Artwork Details
21-1/2 x 13-1/2 in. (canvas) 26-1/2 x 19-5/8 in. (framed)
Mark DescriptionSigned, lower left center: F. E. Church 64
Accession NumberGift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Pulliam
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteRobert Hoe, Esquire, New York, New York. private collection. Mr. Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, New York, New York. Graham Gallery, New York, New York, 1969. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; traded to Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, New York, with Asa Burton Closson, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, as End of the War. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Pulliam; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1971.
Church painted panoramic vistas of scenes from New England to South America, but in this canvas he offers a symbolic image of America during the Civil War.
The 31-star flag of the Union flutters amidst the smoke of battle as a symbol of Church's belief in the eventual triumph of the Union.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church
Portland Museum of Art
January 18, 2001 - March 18, 2001
In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church
Portland Art Museum
October 21, 2000 - January 3, 2001
In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church
Terra Museum of American Art
August 4, 2000 - October 1, 2000
In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc.
April 25, 2000 - July 15, 2000
The American Flag in the Art of Our Country
Allentown Art Museum
June 14, 1976 - November 14, 1976
New Treasures: Five Year Retrospective
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 18, 1972 - December 10, 1972
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