Aurora Borealis

Frederic Edwin Church, 1865, Smithsonian American Art Museum

‘Aurora Borealis’ is a work by Frederic Edwin Church (USA, 1826–1900). It is dated 1865. It is part of the collection Smithsonian American Art Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

The work was made in New York City. It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 143 × 212 cm. The work belongs to the genres landscape painting and marine art. The things depicted include aurora, Arctic, ice, and Arctic exploration.

The catalogue has 168 more works by Frederic Edwin Church.