1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.
mk48
1865
Oil on canvas
56 1/8x83 1/2in
Smithsonian American Art Museum,Washington,D.C.
mk48
1865
Oil on canvas
56 1/8x83 1/2in
Smithsonian American Art Museum,Washington,D.C.
Height Width
INS/CM Quality
X
Aurora Borealis,Mt.Desert Island,from Bar Harbor,Maine
Aurora Borealis,Mt.Desert Island,from Bar Harbor,Maine
Painting ID:: 26226
mk48
1860
Brush and oil paint on paperboard
10 3/8x13 7/8in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution.
Gift of Louis P.Church
mk48
1860
Brush and oil paint on paperboard
10 3/8x13 7/8in
Cooper-Hewitt,National Design Museum,Smithsonian Institution.
Gift of Louis P.Church
Height Width
INS/CM Quality
X
The Vale of St.Thomas,Jamaica
The Vale of St.Thomas,Jamaica
Painting ID:: 26227
mk48
1867
Oil on canvas
48 5/16x84 5/8in
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,Hartford,Connecticut,Bequest of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
mk48
1867
Oil on canvas
48 5/16x84 5/8in
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,Hartford,Connecticut,Bequest of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt
1826-1900
American painter. He was a leading representative of the second generation of the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, who made an important contribution to American landscape painting in the 1850s and 1860s. The son of a wealthy and prominent businessman, he studied briefly in Hartford with two local artists, Alexander Hamilton Emmons (1816-84) and Benjamin Hutchins Coe (1799-1883). Thanks to the influence of the Hartford patron DANIEL WADSWORTH, in 1844 he became the first pupil accepted by Thomas Cole.