Frederic Church's Olana on the HudsonBy: An in depth look inside Olana, one of America's greatest estates, which was designed and built by Frederic Church, the most renowned of the Hudson River School painters. Frederic Church, the leader of the much loved group of artists known as the Hudson River School, made his name as a painter of monumental landscapes in the mid 1800s, helping to develop our vision of landscape and shaping the cultural identity of America. He applied his artistic