Sunset by Frederic Edwin Church, 1860 christmas Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago

Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago icon and a summertime gathering place known for its choreographed water displays and seasonal lights

dissolving solid forms into veils of color that suggest rather than describe

their courses braided through the Straits of Florida and the Windward Passage

historic chateaux

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Sunset by Frederic Edwin Church, 1860 christmas Buckingham Fountain is a ChicagoSunset (186070) by Frederic Edwin Church is a luminous meditation on evening light from one of the Hudson River Schools most revered painters. Painted in the 1860s, it reflects Churchs mature fascination with atmosphere and the fleeting transitions of the sky. Rather than orchestrating a grand, panoramic spectacle, he narrows the focus to the horizons quiet theaterwhere warm bands of orange and red yield to cool teal notes and the last gold of day.