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John Dodge BIOGRAPHY
1807 New York, New York - 1893 Pomona, Tennessee. Known for: Miniature portrait, genre, flowers.
A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a... Read full biography
A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a sign painter. In New York, he was a member of the National Academy. In 1839, suffering ill health,... Read full biography
A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a sign painter. In New York, he was a member of the National Academy. In 1839, suffering ill health, he moved to Southern states and lived as an itinerant, basing himself for ten years in Nashville, Tennessee. There Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were among his portrait sitters. Among the places he... Read full biography
A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a sign painter. In New York, he was a member of the National Academy. In 1839, suffering ill health, he moved to Southern states and lived as an itinerant, basing himself for ten years in Nashville, Tennessee. There Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were among his portrait sitters. Among the places he traveled were Central Kentucky and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 and 1849, where he exhibited in the Armory Hall a series of dioramas including View of New York City and Interior of St. Peter's Church of Rome. In 1849, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama... Read full biography
A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a sign painter. In New York, he was a member of the National Academy. In 1839, suffering ill health, he moved to Southern states and lived as an itinerant, basing himself for ten years in Nashville, Tennessee. There Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were among his portrait sitters. Among the places he traveled were Central Kentucky and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 and 1849, where he exhibited in the Armory Hall a series of dioramas including View of New York City and Interior of St. Peter's Church of Rome. In 1849, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama where he established an apple ranch and by 1862 was back in New York City where he remained for many years. In 1886, he was living in Highla... Read full biography
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A portrait miniature artist and dioramist, John Wood Dodge was born in New York City where he lived in the early part of his career. He was primarily self taught although he had some training from a sign painter. In New York, he was a member of the National Academy.
In 1839, suffering ill health, he moved to Southern states and lived as an itinerant, basing himself for ten years in Nashville, Tennessee. There Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay were among his portrait sitters. Among the places he traveled were Central Kentucky and New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 and 1849, where he exhibited in the Armory Hall a series of dioramas including View of New York City and Interior of St. Peter's Church of Rome.
In 1849, he moved to Huntsville, Alabama where he established an apple ranch and by 1862 was back in New York City where he remained for many years. In 1886, he was living in Highland, Illinois and by 1889 had returned to Pomona, Tennessee where he remained until his death.
Source: "Who Was Who in American Art" by Peter Falk