Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of... Read full biography
Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of two phases, a city topographer-engraver and then, the leading pre-Rafaelite school painter in this... Read full biography
Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of two phases, a city topographer-engraver and then, the leading pre-Rafaelite school painter in this country. Employed by the New York Geological Survey and then by Smith Brothers in New York City, he did lithographs of cities, private residences and public buildings. In 1855 at age 43, he became... Read full biography
Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of two phases, a city topographer-engraver and then, the leading pre-Rafaelite school painter in this country. Employed by the New York Geological Survey and then by Smith Brothers in New York City, he did lithographs of cities, private residences and public buildings. In 1855 at age 43, he became involved with the Pre-Rafaelite movement led by Englishman, John Ruskin. This aesthetic philosophy was a turning away from academic strictures to the purity of art before Rafael--focus on the uplifting qualities of art through natural setting... Read full biography
Born in London, England, John William Hill came to America with his family at age 7. His father, John Hill, was a well-known landscape painter, engraver, and aquatintist. John William had a career of two phases, a city topographer-engraver and then, the leading pre-Rafaelite school painter in this country. Employed by the New York Geological Survey and then by Smith Brothers in New York City, he did lithographs of cities, private residences and public buildings. In 1855 at age 43, he became involved with the Pre-Rafaelite movement led by Englishman, John Ruskin. This aesthetic philosophy was a turning away from academic strictures to the purity of art before Rafael--focus on the uplifting qualities of art through natural setting landscapes, meticulous observation of nature, and bright colors on a wet ground. The bright, luminous qualities with detailed form contrasted with the so... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (79)
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A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork
2008
Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society)
250 pages (color)
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
Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal
2003
Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton
252 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Wild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper
1995
Barnhill, Georgia B
99 pages (color)
The Rockefeller Collection American Art (at San Francisco Museums Fine Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Simpson, Marc
315 pages (color)
Awash in Color Homer, Sargent and the Great American Watercolor (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Reed, Sue Welsh/Carol Troyen
266 pages (color)
The Apple of America The Apple in 19th Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Weber, Bruce
48 pages (color)
Discovered Lands Invented Pasts Transforming Visions of the American West
1992
Prown, Jules; Nancy Anderson, William Cronon
217 pages (color)
American Watercolors From Metropolitan Museum of Art
1991
Howat, John K (foreward)
204 pages (color)
American Watercolors from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor
204 pages (color)
The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991
Sullivan, Mark W
225 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Facing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
McElroy, Guy C
190 pages (color)
Saint Louis Illustrated 19th Century Engravings & Lithographs
1989
Reps, John W
198 pages (color)
An American Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Richard York Gallery
88 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Charmed Places Hudson River Artists and Their Houses, Studios & Vistas (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Phillips, Sandra
120 pages (color)
An American Gallery (Volume IV) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Richard York Gallery
56 pages (color)
American Works on Paper II (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Spanierman Gallery
144 pages (color)
American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960
1988
Susan Sheehan Inc
104 pages
Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987
Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)
464 pages
An American Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Richard York Gallery
88 pages (color)
American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection
1987
Strickler, Susan (editor)
232 pages (color)
American Watercolors
1986
Finch, Christopher
312 pages (color)
Nineteenth Century American Painting Thyssen Bornemiszma Collection
1986
Novak, Barbara
326 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)
New Hampshire Scenery
1985
Campbell, Catherine
0 pages
The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites (The Brooklyn Museum) (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Ferber, Linda S.; William H. Gerdts
288 pages (color)
The Course of Empire: The Erie Canal and the New York Landscape, 1825-1875 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Anderson, Patricia
90 pages (color)
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
Reflections of Nature Flowers in American Art
1984
Foshay, Ellen M
202 pages (color)
Views and Viewmakers of Urban America, 1825-1925
1984
Reps, John W
570 pages (color)
The Drawing of America Eyewitnesses to History
1983
Davidson, Marshall
256 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
Lines of Different Character Americn Art from 1727 to 1947 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
106 pages (color)
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
Painters of the Humble Truth American Still Life 1801-1939
1981
Gerdts, William H
292 pages (color)
America in Print 1796-1941 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
128 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
An American Perspective: Nineteenth Century Art From the Collection of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wilmerding, John; Linda Ayres, Earl Powell
180 pages (color)
American Flower Painting
1980
Anderson, Dennis R
84 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum
1977
Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich
268 pages (color)
American Watercolor Painting
1977
Hoopes, Donelson F
208 pages (color)
American Cornucopia 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Brindle, John V/Sally Secrest
48 pages (color)
American Views Prospects and Vistas
1976
Deak, Gloria/James Flexner
134 pages (color)
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
The U S A A History in Art
1975
Smith, Bradley
296 pages (color)
Seascape and the American Imagination (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Stein, Roger B
144 pages (color)
19th Century American Topographic Painters Lowe Art Museum Exhibition, November 21, 1974-January 5, 1975 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Wilmerding, John (Introductory Essay)
95 pages (color)
The Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973
Davidson, Marshall
416 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
American Still Life Painting
1971
Gerdts, William; Russell Burke
264 pages (color)
Nineteenth Century American Painting
1970
Flexner, James Thomas
256 pages
The History of the Brooklyn Art Association with Index of Exhibitions (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Marlor, Clark S
0 pages
The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum
1968
Brewington, M V and Dorothy
530 pages (color)
American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Part Two The Nineteenth Century:1825-1890, Kennedy Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Wunderlich, Rudolf (Introduction),
76 pages
History of Water Color in America
1966
Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck
160 pages (color)
American Art A Historical Survey
1966
Green, Samuel M
706 pages
200 Years of Watercolor Painting Centennial of American Watercolor Society (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Metropolitan Museum of Art
64 pages
Painting in America From 1502 to the Present
1965
Richardson, Edgar P
456 pages (color)
American Art From American Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1963
Biddle, James
114 pages
Rediscovered Painters of Upstste New York/1700-1875
1958
Jones, Agnes Halsey
80 pages
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
Walters Art Gallery Catalogue of the American Works of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1956
King, Edward S/Marvin C Ross
63 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Westward the Way: Louisiana Territory as Seen by Artists and Writers
1954
Rathbone, Perry T (editor)
280 pages (color)
The Daring Young Men The Story of the American Pre-Raphaelites
1953
Dickason, David Howard
304 pages
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
Treasury of American Drawings
1947
Slatkin, Charles/R Schoolman
176 pages
American Watercolor and Winslow Homer (Exhibition catalog)
1945
Goodrich, Lloyd
109 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index