This man's experience painting El Khasne inspired him to can architect Richard M. Hunt and create a Persian-themed residence he called "Olana.
This man's experience painting El Khasne inspired him to can architect Richard M. Hunt and create a Persian-themed residence he called "Olana." A man lectures two soldiers in the foreground of his allegorical canvas showing a darkened tomb entrance at left beneath a high-arching rainbow, while he surprised patrons with his quite realistic rendering of the decayed state of the Parthenon. This artist's most famous work, set rather deeply in a large wooden frame with green curtains, was a product of Cyrus (*) Field's funding and this man's study of Alexander von Humboldt; that work shows two trees loom precariously on an overhang that exposes their roots as two brightly-clad people stop on a cliffside path in front of a cross. He depicted an explosive event rising into the sky in his painting of Cotopaxi, which like his depictions of Mount Chimborazo features a waterfall. For 10 points, identify this member of the Hudson River School whose South American landscapes include Cotopaxi and The Heart of the Andes.
This man's experience painting El Khasne inspired him to can architect Richard M. Hunt and create a Persian-themed residence he called "Olana.
Frederic Edwin Church