The Icebergs

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The Icebergs is a monumental 1861 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic, highly detailed depiction of Arctic ice formations and sublime natural grandeur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting
painting
artForm oil on canvas
artHistoricalReputation major work of the Hudson River School
masterpiece of Arctic landscape painting
collection Dallas Museum of Art collection
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator Frederic Edwin Church
creatorNationality American
depicts Arctic landscape
ice formations
icebergs
ocean
sea ice
sublime nature
describedAs dramatic
highly detailed
monumental
sublime
genre landscape art
hasColorPalette blues and whites
cool tones
hasPart cloudy sky
floating ice
reflections in water
ship mast
hasQuality atmospheric perspective
detailed naturalism
realism
inception 1861
inspiredBy Arctic exploration
polar regions
languageOfTitle English
location Dallas Museum of Art
mainSubject icebergs
materialUsed oil paint
movement American landscape painting
Hudson River School
notableWorkOf Frederic Edwin Church
partOf 19th-century American art
significantEvent painted shortly before the American Civil War
subjectHeading Arctic in art
icebergs in art
surface canvas
timePeriod 19th century
title The Icebergs self-link

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Frederic Edwin Church notableWork The Icebergs
Frederic notableWork The Icebergs
subject surface form: Frederic Edwin Church
The Icebergs title The Icebergs self-link