Maine coast, surf by Frederic Edwin Church, 1845 los angeles The choice of color in

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Maine coast, surf by Frederic Edwin Church, 1845 los angeles The choice of color inFrederic Edwin Churchs Maine coast, surf (ca. 1845) captures the Atlantic at full breathwaves shouldering into rock, spray rising, and a sky vaulted with light. Painted early in Churchs career, this shoreline study reflects the Romantic spirit and observational acuity that would soon make him a leading figure of the Hudson River School. In its charged meeting of sea and stone, you feel the young artist testing scale, atmosphere, and the sublime power