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1820 Troy, New York - 1884 Bethelehem, Pennsylvania. Known for: Landscape, portrait, and coastal view painting.
Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role... Read full biography
Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role in the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal. Boutelle was painting both portraits and landscapes in New... Read full biography
Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role in the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal. Boutelle was painting both portraits and landscapes in New York City as early as 1846 and at that time, was also exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. For the next thirteen years, he worked and traveled in the vicinities of New York City and... Read full biography
Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role in the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal. Boutelle was painting both portraits and landscapes in New York City as early as 1846 and at that time, was also exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. For the next thirteen years, he worked and traveled in the vicinities of New York City and Philadelphia and also was in New Hampshire in the White Mountains. Influenced by Thomas Cole and Asher Durand, during this period, he painted in the Hudson River Valley, where his subjects included Niagara Falls and the Catskill Mountains. Boutelle was such... Read full biography
Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role in the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal. Boutelle was painting both portraits and landscapes in New York City as early as 1846 and at that time, was also exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. For the next thirteen years, he worked and traveled in the vicinities of New York City and Philadelphia and also was in New Hampshire in the White Mountains. Influenced by Thomas Cole and Asher Durand, during this period, he painted in the Hudson River Valley, where his subjects included Niagara Falls and the Catskill Mountains. Boutelle was such an admirer of Cole, leader of the Hudson River School, that to honor him, he did a full-size copy of C... Read full biography
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D W Bartelle, De Witt Clinton Boutelle
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Born in Troy, New York, DeWitt Clinton Boutelle, was an itinerant atist, likely named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), a man honored with many namesakes because of his crucial role in the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal. Boutelle was painting both portraits and landscapes in New York City as early as 1846 and at that time, was also exhibiting at the National Academy of Design. For the next thirteen years, he worked and traveled in the vicinities of New York City and Philadelphia and also was in New Hampshire in the White Mountains.
Influenced by Thomas Cole and Asher Durand, during this period, he painted in the Hudson River Valley, where his subjects included Niagara Falls and the...But wait, there's more...
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