Frederick Church (1826-1900)
Successor to Cole; more directly inspired by landscape than Cropsey, Duncanson, or Hicks.
Often used composite, or ìcosmicî landscapes: vistas from different places seemlessly collected to create an overall artistic impression -- landscapes of the mind.
Least number of human inhabitants in his paintings.
Sometimes theatrically displayed his paintings, including real foliage, for added emotional impact on his paying audience.
See in Pohl To the Memory of Cole (p.147), The Heart of the Andes (p.148), Twilight in the Wilderness (p.150).