A lone bird flies high above the mountains at sunrise in the Hudson River Valley. Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, perhaps best known for painting large panoramic landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. - There is a border around the image. Image size is correct. Many sizes available.