MEDIA PREVIEW Frederic Church: A Painter's Pilgrimage

Reynolda invites you to look anew at Church and his masterpieces in Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage .

When : Thursday, February 8, 2018, 10 a.m.-noon drop in anytime

Where: Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Rd. 27106

What: Members of the media are invited to the Museum for video and photography in the exhibition gallery and interview opportunities with curators of this major exhibition. A light brunch featuring authentic Mediterranean cuisine, coffee and tea will be served.

RSVP to Sarah Smith, 336.758.5524 , smithsr@reynoldahouse.org , @SarahatReynolda on Twitter.

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Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage has been organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.Generous support has been provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. A significant loan of objects has been provided by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Reynolda House Museum of American Art is grateful for the generous support of the exhibition from Presenting Sponsors First Tennessee Bank, Flow Automotive Companies, and Wake Forest University. Special thanks to Major Sponsors Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Brown, the David R. Hayworth Foundation, the Cathleen & Ray McKinney Exhibition Fund, and the Charles H. Babcock, Jr. Arts and Community Initiative Endowment; Contributing Sponsors Harriet and Elms Allen and Betty and Jim Becher; and Exhibition Partners Dr. James M. Walter, Jr. and The Law Offices of Timothy D. Welborn.

Images:

Frederic Edwin Church, Evening on the Sea , 1877 - 1878, oil on canvas. Overall: 22 1/2 × 36 1/2 inches (57.2 × 92.7 cm) Private Collection.

Frederic Edwin Church, Ruins at Baalbek , 1868 oil on canvas. Overall: 21 3/4 × 36 1/4 inches (55.2 × 92.1 cm). Private Collection.

Frederic Edwin Church, Al Ayn (The Fountain) , 1882, oil on canvas. Overall: 23 15/16 × 36 1/4 inches (60.8 × 92.1 cm) Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, USA. Gift of Herbert W. Plimpton: The Hollis W. Plimpton (Class of 1915) Memorial Collection.

Frederic Edwin Church, painting, Syria by the Sea , 1873, oil on canvas. Unframed: 56 × 85 inches (142.2 × 215.9 cm) Framed: 80 × 108 × 5 1/2 inches (203.2 × 274.3 × 14 cm). Gift of Mrs. James F. Joy. Detroit Institute of Arts.

Frederic Edwin Church, The Parthenon , 1871, oil on canvas. Overall: 44 1/2 × 72 5/8 inches (113 × 184.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914 (15.30.67).