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Frederic Edwin Church: Our Flag  wikidata:Q20202024 reasonator:Q20202024
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q366212
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Title
Our Flag
label QS:Len,"Our Flag"
label QS:Lfr,"Notre drapeau"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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Our Flag
Artist Church, Frederic Edwin
nationality American
birth-death 1826-1900
Creation date 1864
Materials oil on canvas
Dimensions 21 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. 26 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (framed)
Location Paine Turn of the Century American Art Gallery
Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Pulliam
Accession number 71.206
http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/artwork/1484

Church painted panoramic vistas of scenes from New England to South America, but in this canvas he offers a symbolic image of America during the Civil War.

The 31-star flag of the Union flutters amidst the smoke of battle as a symbol of Church's belief in the eventual triumph of the Union.

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Date Taken in February 2009
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q1117704
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71.206 (Indianapolis Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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