About William Stanley Haseltine

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William Stanley Hazeltine
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    Born in Philadelphia to painter, Elizabeth Stanley Shinn Haseltine, William Haseltine became best known as a landscape and marine painter who had a special talent for conveying light and geological detail. He made a prestigious name for himself both in America and Europe.

    His family, in addition to the mother, had other artist profession members including his brothers, James Henry Haseltine, sculptor; and Charles Field Haseltine, owner of the Haseltine Art Galleries in Philadelphia. William Haseltine's son, Herbert, was also a sculptor and member of the National Academy of Design*.

    William Haseltine graduated from Harvard University in 1854, having studied art in Philadelphia in 1850-1851 with Paul Weber, German expatria...

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