The Falls of the Tequendama near Bogota, New Granada by Frederic Edwin Church, 1854 Size:A2 (420x594mm) or commemorate a personal milestone

or commemorate a personal milestone

The result is an administrative portrait that reads at a glance yet rewards close study

these high notes are grounded by deep greens

set against ochre meadows and a pale

The Falls of the Tequendama near Bogota, New Granada by Frederic Edwin Church, 1854 Size:A2 (420x594mm) or commemorate a personal milestoneFrederic Edwin Churchs The Falls of the Tequendama near Bogota, New Granada (1854) captures one of South Americas most spectacular natural wonders at the height of Romanticisms fascination with the sublime. Painted after Churchs travels in New Granadamodern day Colombiathe scene plunges us into the drama of the Andes as a torrent of water hurtles through a cleft of rock and mist. A leading light of the Hudson River School, Church channels both