The Heart of the Andes is a large oil on canvas landscape painted in 1859 by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church. It presents an idealized composite view of the South American Andes, combining details Church observed on his travels, from foreground foliage and wildlife to the distant, snow capped peak of Mount Chimborazo, along with a small cross and pilgrim figures set within the scene. Its exhibition in New York in 1859 was a sensation and helped establish Church as the leading American landscape painter of his day. The painting measures about 168 by 303 centimetres and has been held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1909. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). It depicts an idealized landscape in the South American Andes, where Church traveled on two occasions. Measuring more than five feet (1.5 meters) high and almost ten feet (3.0 meters) wide, its New York City exhibition in 1859 was a sensation, establishing Church as the foremost landscape painter in the United States.
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The Heart of the Andes is a large oil on canvas landscape painted in 1859 by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church.
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The Heart of the Andes is a large oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the American artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). It depicts an idealized landscape in the South American Andes, where Church traveled on two occasions. Me
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