Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to Tarrytown, living there to his death in 1878. During this time he did landscape painting that... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (50)
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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
John James Audubon& Robert Havell Artist's Proofs for The Birds of America (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Goddu, Joseph
0 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Nature and Culture: American Landscape and Painting 1825-75
1995
Novak, Barbara
329 pages (color)
American Paintings/Metropolitan Mus V 1, Artists Born by 1815
1994
Caldwell, John/Oswaldo Roque
628 pages
A Nation's Pride Art in the White House
1992
Kloss, William (et al)
375 pages (color)
Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation. 1810-1840 (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Garrett, Wendell (essay); Stuart Feld (Intro)
136 pages (color)
The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991
Sullivan, Mark W
225 pages
Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
112 pages (color)
Picturing America /1497-1899 2 vols /Prints, Maps and Drawings
1988
Deak, Gloria-Gilda
1,160 pages (color)
American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960
1988
Susan Sheehan Inc
104 pages
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)
Niagara Two Centuries of Changing Attitudes 1697-1901 (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Adamson, Jeremy Elwell
167 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
The American Landscape Tradition A Study and Gallery of Paintings
1982
Czestochowski, Joseph S
184 pages (color)
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
America in Print 1796-1941 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
128 pages (color)
Nature and Culture American Landscape and Painting 1825-1875
1980
Novak, Barbara
323 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
The Treasures of Gilcrease (Tulsa OK)
1979
Myers, Fred
106 pages (color)
American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977
Brown, Milton W
631 pages (color)
Age of the Revolution and Early Republic in Fine and Decorative Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Kennedy Galleries/Israel Sack
120 pages
American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection At the Mead Art Gallery Amherst College (Exhibition catalog)