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1792 West Boxford, Massachusetts - 1884 New Haven, Connecticut. Known for: Naive wall fresco-landscape, portrait.
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration"... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his murals were especially appreciated because he did natural settings of local views instead of the traditional elaborate classical or historical scenes with enhanced decoration. Because of his focus on regional scenes, he is credited as the first American... Read full biography
Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts to a farm family, itinerant painter Rufus Porter has been described by folk-art historian Jean Lipman as America's "chief early mural painter and one of our outstanding native artists. a mobile one-man factory for original portraiture and interior decoration" (149-150). His landscape murals earned him wide attention, and from 1824 to 1845, he completed more than 150 murals, a combination of freehand and stencils. Placed over mantles and entire walls, his murals were especially appreciated because he did natural settings of local views instead of the traditional elaborate classical or historical scenes with enhanced decoration. Because of his focus on regional scenes, he is credited as the first American Scene painter. In 1825, he published a book, "Curious Arts", as an instruction manual for various types of artwork, and one of the... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876
1997Lipman, Jean; Alice Winchester288 pages (color)Plain Painters Making Sense of American Folk Art
1988Vlach, John Michael206 pages (color)300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983Wright, R Lewis200 pagesThe American Landscape Tradition A Study and Gallery of Paintings
1982Czestochowski, Joseph S184 pages (color)The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)American Folk Portraits from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
1981Rumford, Beatrix295 pages (color)American Folk Painters of Three Centuries
1980Lipman, Jean and Tom Armstrong233 pages (color)Dictionary of American Art
1979Baigell, Mathew390 pagesArts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel736 pagesAmerican Folk Painters
1975Ebert, John and Katherine225 pages (color)Art on the Edge Creators and Situations
1975Rosenberg, Harold303 pagesThe Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973Davidson, Marshall416 pages (color)Rufus Porter Yankee Pioneer
1968Lipman, Jean202 pages (color)American Marine Painting (2nd Edition)
1968Wilmerding, John204 pages (color)History of American Marine Painting
1968Wilmerding, John179 pages (color)History Of American Painting: That Wilder Image Painting of America's Native School (Vol. 111)
1962Flexner, James Thomas407 pagesAmerican Painting History and Interpretation
1950Barker, Virgil715 pages