This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. WILLIAM SHERIDAN YOUNG (December 4, 1836 – August... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. WILLIAM SHERIDAN YOUNG (December 4, 1836 – August 28, 1878). A.K.A. “W. Sheridan Young,” W. S. Young”. Landscape and portrait painter. Born in Storrs... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. WILLIAM SHERIDAN YOUNG (December 4, 1836 – August 28, 1878). A.K.A. “W. Sheridan Young,” W. S. Young”. Landscape and portrait painter. Born in Storrs Township, Ohio, the son of Caroline Moore (1806 – 1880) and John Young (1798 – 1874). His father was a prominent banker, an officer of the Merchants’ National Bank of Cincinnati, and a financial... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. WILLIAM SHERIDAN YOUNG (December 4, 1836 – August 28, 1878). A.K.A. “W. Sheridan Young,” W. S. Young”. Landscape and portrait painter. Born in Storrs Township, Ohio, the son of Caroline Moore (1806 – 1880) and John Young (1798 – 1874). His father was a prominent banker, an officer of the Merchants’ National Bank of Cincinnati, and a financial “underwriter.”. It is not clear if Young initially had any professional training as a child or was self-taught. Considering the wealth of his parents, it can be assumed he would have had access in his youth to private lessons by any Cincinnati artist of... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. WILLIAM SHERIDAN YOUNG (December 4, 1836 – August 28, 1878). A.K.A. “W. Sheridan Young,” W. S. Young”. Landscape and portrait painter. Born in Storrs Township, Ohio, the son of Caroline Moore (1806 – 1880) and John Young (1798 – 1874). His father was a prominent banker, an officer of the Merchants’ National Bank of Cincinnati, and a financial “underwriter.”. It is not clear if Young initially had any professional training as a child or was self-taught. Considering the wealth of his parents, it can be assumed he would have had access in his youth to private lessons by any Cincinnati artist of his parent’s choosing. However, to date, no reference to an initial, childhood instructor has surfaced. By the time Y... Read full biography
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