Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring the... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring the beauty of the natural landscape of the South to the widespread attention of Americans through numerous... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring the beauty of the natural landscape of the South to the widespread attention of Americans through numerous paintings, illustrated travel guides, and magazine articles. His early talent was shown in his 150 pages of watercolor sketches about his trip from England. At age 18, a book of his flower paintings... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring the beauty of the natural landscape of the South to the widespread attention of Americans through numerous paintings, illustrated travel guides, and magazine articles. His early talent was shown in his 150 pages of watercolor sketches about his trip from England. At age 18, a book of his flower paintings was published, and this was followed by an illustrated book on Georgia, which is credited with having some of the earliest pictures of the state of Georgia. He also did portraits and landscapes, and in 1845, went to New York City to study at the... Read full biography
Born in London, England, Thomas Addison Richards, age 11, came to Hudson, New York, and then spent the remainder of his youth in Penfield, Georgia. He became one of the first artists to bring the beauty of the natural landscape of the South to the widespread attention of Americans through numerous paintings, illustrated travel guides, and magazine articles. His early talent was shown in his 150 pages of watercolor sketches about his trip from England. At age 18, a book of his flower paintings was published, and this was followed by an illustrated book on Georgia, which is credited with having some of the earliest pictures of the state of Georgia. He also did portraits and landscapes, and in 1845, went to New York City to study at the National Academy of Design, where he became, for forty years, corresponding secretary during its greatest growth and i... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (38)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Artists of the Litchfield Hills (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Austin, Robert Michael
132 pages (color)
Early Art and Artists in West Virginia
2000
Cuthbert, John A.
301 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996
Delehanty, Randolph
292 pages (color)
Gracious Plenty American Still-Life Art from Southern Collections
1996
Pennington, Estill Curtis
127 pages
Wild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper
1995
Barnhill, Georgia B
99 pages (color)
Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995
Severens, Martha R
289 pages (color)
The Empire of the Eye Landscape and American Cultural Politics 1825-1875
1993
Miller, Angela
298 pages (color)
A Southern Collection
1992
Pennington, Estill Curtis
246 pages (color)
The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991
Sullivan, Mark W
225 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Look Away: Reality and Sentiment in Southern Art
1989
Pennington, Estill Curtis
200 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
Charmed Places Hudson River Artists and Their Houses, Studios & Vistas (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Phillips, Sandra
120 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Art and Artists of the South Robert P Coggins Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Chambers, Bruce W
149 pages (color)
The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen
1983
Poesch, Jessie
384 pages (color)
William Cullen Bryant (and the) Hudson River School of Landscape Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nassau County Museum
61 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
American Art at the Century
1977
Mayor, A. Hyatt; Mark Davis
0 pages
Robert P Coggins Collection of American Art/Selections from (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Chambers, Bruce W
93 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
A Century and Half of American Art, 1825-1975 (Exhibition catalog)
1975
National Academy of Design
262 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Appleton's Illustrated Hand-book of American Travel