FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH 1826-1900 In the Andes, 1878 Oil on canvas, 15 3/16 X 22 3/16 (38.57 x 56.35 cm.) Signed, lower left Museum purchase, 978-0-102 American artists of the mid-nineteenth century usually went to Europe or the western frontier in order to expand their repertoire. Frederic Church went first to the tropics and volcanoes of South America. His reasons make a fascinating chapter in ...