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Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America & America to the World
DATE: Thursday 5/14/26 TIME: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Lecturer: Victoria Johnson, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist
Join historian Victoria Johnson to explore the life, art, and legacy of 19th-century American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church, widely regarded for creating some of the most breathtaking landscape paintings in American history. Drawing on her book Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Edwin Church Brought America to the World and the World to America, Johnson will examine how Church came to dominate nineteenth-century American painting with expansive, awe-inspiring scenes that honor the natural world. His life is intricately woven into the story of the United States, making him an especially fitting artist to celebrate in the nation’s 250th year—coinciding with the 200th anniversary of his birth. A book signing will follow the lecture.