American Hudson River School Painter, 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. This was an unusual honour
1855Oil on canvas
Reynolda House,
Museum American
Art, Winston-Salem
North Carolina;
48 x 75 in.
1855Oil on canvas
Reynolda House,
Museum American
Art, Winston-Salem
North Carolina;
48 x 75 in.
Height Width
INS/CM Quality
X
Mountains of Ecuador
Mountains of Ecuador
Painting ID:: 10677
1855; Oil on canvas;
Wadsworth Athaneum
Hartford, Connecticut;
24.18 x 36.32 in.
1855; Oil on canvas;
Wadsworth Athaneum
Hartford, Connecticut;
24.18 x 36.32 in.
Height Width
INS/CM Quality
X
South American Landscape
South American Landscape
Painting ID:: 10678
American Hudson River School Painter, 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. This was an unusual honour