The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant. Sturtevant J. Hamblin Act. 1837-1856. Sturtevant J. Hamblin worked as a portrait painter in Portland, Maine and, sometime... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant. Sturtevant J. Hamblin Act. 1837-1856. Sturtevant J. Hamblin worked as a portrait painter in Portland, Maine and, sometime around 1839, he was working in Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His facts are a little vague and... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant. Sturtevant J. Hamblin Act. 1837-1856. Sturtevant J. Hamblin worked as a portrait painter in Portland, Maine and, sometime around 1839, he was working in Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His facts are a little vague and can be confusing. His last name is sometimes spelled Hamblen and he is sometimes listed as L. J. Hamblin. His birth and death dates are also varied: ArtCyclopedia has 1817-1884, Davenports has... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant. Sturtevant J. Hamblin Act. 1837-1856. Sturtevant J. Hamblin worked as a portrait painter in Portland, Maine and, sometime around 1839, he was working in Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His facts are a little vague and can be confusing. His last name is sometimes spelled Hamblen and he is sometimes listed as L. J. Hamblin. His birth and death dates are also varied: ArtCyclopedia has 1817-1884, Davenports has 1823-1856, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Smithsonian have him as active 1837-1856. Hamblin's style is listed as Primitive but today the style of artists without formal training is referred to as Folk Art or Naive Art — a very desirable style for... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant. Sturtevant J. Hamblin Act. 1837-1856. Sturtevant J. Hamblin worked as a portrait painter in Portland, Maine and, sometime around 1839, he was working in Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His facts are a little vague and can be confusing. His last name is sometimes spelled Hamblen and he is sometimes listed as L. J. Hamblin. His birth and death dates are also varied: ArtCyclopedia has 1817-1884, Davenports has 1823-1856, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Smithsonian have him as active 1837-1856. Hamblin's style is listed as Primitive but today the style of artists without formal training is referred to as Folk Art or Naive Art — a very desirable style for private collectors and museums. Sturtevant worked with his brothers Eli, Joseph, Nathaniel, and their sister Rosamond, wife of W... Read full biography
Sturtevant J Hamblen - Artist Info
About Sturtevant J Hamblen: Books
Books & Publications (14)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide 2006/2007 Edition
2006
Moneta, Howard (editor)
0 pages
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
The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Scultors & Engravers
2002
Creps, Bob
1,629 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Naive Paintings (National Gallery Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Chotner, Deborah
668 pages (color)
American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Gallery of Art
545 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Where Liberty Dwells 19th Century Art by the American People (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Tillou, Peter
114 pages (color)
American Folk Painters
1975
Ebert, John and Katherine
225 pages (color)
Plain and Fancy A Survey of American Folk Art
1970
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
72 pages (color)
Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1953
1963
Chase, Mary Ellen; Louisa Dresser, Nina Fletcher Little, et all
178 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860