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Frederic Church's Olana: Architecture and Landscape as Art This fascinating look at artistAuthor: James Anthony Ryan Introduction: Franklin Kelly Almost an hour this side of Albany is the Center of the WorldI own it. Frederic Edwin Church in a letter to Erastus Palmer, 7 July 1869. (The collection of the Albany Institute of History & Art) Olana, the Persian style house and romantically designed grounds built high on a hilltop just south of the city of Hudson by Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church (18261900) draws 150,000