Frederic Edwin Church rectangle paperweight

Art: 'Southwest Façade, Olana' (1870) This ink, pencil, and watercolor drawing by Frederic Edwin Church depicts the southwest façade of Olana, his Hudson River home near Hudson, New York, created in collaboration with landscape architect Calvert Vaux.

Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) was the most celebrated American artist of the mid-19th century and a leading landscape painter of the Hudson River School, was celebrated for luminous, panoramic landscapes that fused scientific precision with Romantic grandeur, reflecting the 19th century’s awe and curiosity toward nature.

John Derian decoupage: is collaged paper under handblown glass in his studio in New York City, where he employs a small staff of artisans to assist with production.