Olana unveils largest online resource of Church’s work

Catskill Mountains at Twilight from Olana by Frederic Church, c. 1870-1874. Oil on paper. Credit: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Olana State Historic Site. Gift of Olana Preservation, Inc. and Museum Purchase.

As of Monday, August 17, 2026, over 200 artworks by Frederic Church – the largest collection to date – have been added to the Olana State Historic Site website in celebration of the artist’s 200th birthday.

“The public launch of Olana’s online collections portal represents a long-awaited milestone in the study and appreciation of the work and career of Frederic Church, who was among the most renowned American artists of his time” said Maggie Dimock, Associate Curator at The Olana Partnership. “The rich collection of Church’s work held by Olana provides unparalleled insight into the artist’s early maturation and development, his working methods, his travels through the Americas, including fifteen trips to Mexico, and the painstaking care with which he designed every ornamental detail of the distinctive Main House at Olana.”

The first phase of digitization focused on art works by Church in the Olana collection, including hundreds of previously unseen or rarely published paintings, sketches, oil studies, and sketchbooks.

Digitization and cataloging of the Olana Collection is ongoing and content is regularly added.

View the collection at https://olana.org/collections/


 

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