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1819 Fabius, New York - 1903 Pasadena, California. Known for: Portrait, genre-western frontier.
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln,... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln, which now hangs in the White House, he also painted Grant and McKinley. In 1873 he moved to California, where he spent the rest of his life and painted Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hopkins, and a number of California governors. He also visited Hawaii and painted... Read full biography
Self-taught portrait and genre painter, William F. Cogswell taught himself portrait painting in the 1830's while working in a color factory in Buffalo, New York. He worked as a professional artist in New York City during the 1840's. In 1849 he went to California, but he soon returned to New York City. Over the next twenty-five years he worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville (KY), St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. His best-known work was the portrait of Lincoln, which now hangs in the White House, he also painted Grant and McKinley. In 1873 he moved to California, where he spent the rest of his life and painted Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hopkins, and a number of California governors. He also visited Hawaii and painted portraits of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani. He died in South Pasadena (1903). Source:. Groce and Wallace, "The New York Histori... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesUnion League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)308 pages (color)Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Oregon Painters The First 100 Years:1859-1959
1999Allen, Ginny & Jody Klevit251 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper
1995Barnhill, Georgia B99 pages (color)A Nation's Pride Art in the White House
1992Kloss, William (et al)375 pages (color)Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesNational Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesSouthern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary
1984Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall291 pagesAmerican Portrait Prints Tenth Annual American Print Conference
1984Reaves, Wendy Wick285 pagesAngels and Urchins Images of Children at the Joslyn
1981Sturgis, Hollister88 pages (color)Crocker Art Museum: Handbook of Paintings
1979West, Richard (Essay); Alfred Neumeyer; Joseph A. Baird, Jr.202 pages (color)Art in the United States Capitol
1976Editor for Architect of the Capitol0 pages (color)Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesThe New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesAmerican Academy of Fine Arts and American Art Union
1953Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett0 pagesNational Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860
1943
(Exhibition catalog)Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett0 pagesAmerican Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941New York Historical Society367 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesArt and Artists of the Capitol of the United States of America
1927Fairman, Charles E0 pagesNotes on American Artists 1754-1820 Portraits & Sculpture in New York Hist Society
1922Kelby, William80 pages (color)The National Gallery of Art Smithsonian Inst, Bulletin 70
1909Rathbun, Richard140 pages