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1826 Boston, Massachusetts - 1899 Bois d'Arcy, France. Known for: Figure-peasant-allegoric, still life.
An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes, William Babcock was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but lived... Read full biography
An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes, William Babcock was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but lived most of his life in France. In 1847, he became one of the first Americans to study with Thomas... Read full biography
An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes, William Babcock was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but lived most of his life in France. In 1847, he became one of the first Americans to study with Thomas Couture in Paris. He then went to the village of Barbizon, where, along with other American artists, he did peasant genre paintings. He became good friends with Jean-Francois Millet, a leading Barbizon... Read full biography
An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes, William Babcock was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but lived most of his life in France. In 1847, he became one of the first Americans to study with Thomas Couture in Paris. He then went to the village of Barbizon, where, along with other American artists, he did peasant genre paintings. He became good friends with Jean-Francois Millet, a leading Barbizon painter, whose figure painting much influenced Babcock. Babcock introduced William Morris Hunt to Millet, and, in turn, Hunt became a strong exponent of the Barbizon School of painting in America.<br. Although he continued to live in Paris and died in... Read full biography
An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes, William Babcock was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but lived most of his life in France. In 1847, he became one of the first Americans to study with Thomas Couture in Paris. He then went to the village of Barbizon, where, along with other American artists, he did peasant genre paintings. He became good friends with Jean-Francois Millet, a leading Barbizon painter, whose figure painting much influenced Babcock. Babcock introduced William Morris Hunt to Millet, and, in turn, Hunt became a strong exponent of the Barbizon School of painting in America.<br. Although he continued to live in Paris and died in that city, Babcock had a good market for his work in Boston. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has a large collection of his works.... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArt for the New Collector 1840-2001
2002
(Exhibition catalog)Spanierman Gallery48 pages (color)Vose Art Notes Works on Paper
2000Vose, Marcia L , editor29 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Nineteenth Century: Rediscovering American Painters (Vose Galleries)
1999
(Exhibition catalog)Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn40 pages (color)American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface430 pages (color)Drawn from Tradition: American Drawings and Watercolors: From the Collection of Susan and Herbert Adler, Neuberger Museum
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Weber, Bruce185 pages (color)American Works on Paper II
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Spanierman Gallery144 pages (color)An International Episode Millet, Monet & their N American Counterparts
1982
(Exhibition catalog)Meixner, Laura L206 pages (color)The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III325 pages (color)The Boston Tradition: American Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1980Troyen, Carol204 pages (color)Dictionary of American Art
1979Baigell, Mathew390 pagesAmerican Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979Brooklyn Museum133 pages (color)Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel736 pagesAmerican Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976Stebbins, Theodore E464 pages (color)The Great American Nude A History in Art
1974Gerdts, William H224 pages (color)Great Flower Painters Four Centuries of Floral Art
1973Mitchell, Peter272 pages (color)Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesAmerican Still Life Painting
1971Gerdts, William; Russell Burke264 pages (color)American Pupils of Thomas Couture
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Landgren, Marchal E65 pagesAmerican Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)600 pages (color)The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesA History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932Hartmann, Sadekichi363 pages