Woodland Stream by Frederic Edwin Church, 1850 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando Museum of Art

Natchez Trace Parkway: A scenic roadway that follows a historic forest trail

and the serene light that allows the tracery of twig and bloom to sing

while the carefully chosen color palette adds depth and dimension to the design

big-sky approach to nature that later culminated in his celebrated panoramic vistas

Woodland Stream by Frederic Edwin Church, 1850 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) Orlando Museum of ArtFrederic Edwin Churchs Woodland Stream (185060) invites you into a hushed pocket of forest where water, light, and leaf shadow conspire to create a mood of intimate reverie. A leading figure of the Hudson River School born in 1826, Church was celebrated for transforming faithful observation into poetic landscape. Here, rather than a sweeping panorama, he focuses on a quiet, shaded run of streaman embrace of natures smaller dramas that defined mid 19th