Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Title: Autumn in North America
Genre: landscape art
Date: 1856
Medium: oil on board
Dimensions: height: 28.5 cm (11.2 in); width: 43.1 cm (17 in)
Collection: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
What I love about this picture:
This is a New England autumn in full color, the way autumns never are here in my part of the world. Yes, non-native trees will turn these bright shades, but the only bright red fall color in native species will be vine maples. Staghorn Sumac is a non-native plant that has become a part of our local flora, and it turns bright red also. But we do have gorgeous golds and oranges beginning to show in our native deciduous forests.
Many years it is too wet for a colorful fall, and the leaves turn a soggy brown and drop off their trees, sodden masses nearly impossible to rake.
About the Artist, via Wikipedia:
Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church’s paintings put an emphasis on realistic detail, dramatic light, and panoramic views. He debuted some of his major works in single-painting exhibitions to a paying and often enthralled audience in New York City. In his prime, he was one of the most famous painters in the United States. [1]
Credits and Attributions:
IMAGE: Wikimedia Commons contributors, “File:Autumn in North America-Frederic Church.jpg,” Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Autumn_in_North_America-Frederic_Church.jpg&oldid=718218353 (accessed September 19, 2023).
[1] Wikipedia contributors, “Frederic Edwin Church,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic_Edwin_Church&oldid=1162133197 (accessed September 19, 2023).
Life in the Realm of Fantasy 
such a beautiful fall painting
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Hello Beth! I agree, and wish the colors were brighter here, but they’re starting to turn yellow and gold.
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It is so beautiful. Like you, we don’t have such wonderful autumn colours. I would love to visit the US in autumn and see them, but that’s not going to happen, so I need to make the most of paintings like this.
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Hello V! The good thing about this year is it has been fairly dry, so folks with yards and gardens won’t have too much trouble raking once the leaves drop in earnest.
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And, I hope, put them on a compost heap for free compost.
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Compost is king here in the Northwest! For those without space for a compost heap or bin, we have weekly recycling of yard-waste (in bins like trash), creating new soil gardeners can purchase to amend their garden soil.
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