Painter Shaped Olana Landscape: Church hand-dug lake; woods frame views
Frederic Edwin Church, a prominent figure in the Hudson River School of painting, meticulously crafted the Olana landscape surrounding his New York residence. He hand-excavated a 10-acre lake and introduced thousands of native tree species, intertwining nature with five miles of carriage roads, while simultaneously managing the property as a…
The Times of India ·