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1792 Needham, Massachusetts - 1863 Dedham, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape, animal, genre and portrait painting.
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Alvan Fisher was a pioneer in American landscape, genre, and animal painting. He was one of the earliest Americans to rebel against painting only portraits, and as a... Read full biography
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Alvan Fisher was a pioneer in American landscape, genre, and animal painting. He was one of the earliest Americans to rebel against painting only portraits, and as a result, became a pioneer of genre painting and landscape painting. However, his real love was the... Read full biography
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Alvan Fisher was a pioneer in American landscape, genre, and animal painting. He was one of the earliest Americans to rebel against painting only portraits, and as a result, became a pioneer of genre painting and landscape painting. However, his real love was the depiction of animals, and he was the first American artist to paint race horses. Fisher was a student in Boston of John Ritto Penniman, ornamental painter. He first went to Europe in 1825, and then set up... Read full biography
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Alvan Fisher was a pioneer in American landscape, genre, and animal painting. He was one of the earliest Americans to rebel against painting only portraits, and as a result, became a pioneer of genre painting and landscape painting. However, his real love was the depiction of animals, and he was the first American artist to paint race horses. Fisher was a student in Boston of John Ritto Penniman, ornamental painter. He first went to Europe in 1825, and then set up his studio in Boston where prominent artists such as Washington Allston, Chester Harding and Asher Durand became his good friends. His records show that he sold nearly 1000 paintings between 1826 and 1863, indicative of his astuteness as a... Read full biography
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Alvan Fisher was a pioneer in American landscape, genre, and animal painting. He was one of the earliest Americans to rebel against painting only portraits, and as a result, became a pioneer of genre painting and landscape painting. However, his real love was the depiction of animals, and he was the first American artist to paint race horses. Fisher was a student in Boston of John Ritto Penniman, ornamental painter. He first went to Europe in 1825, and then set up his studio in Boston where prominent artists such as Washington Allston, Chester Harding and Asher Durand became his good friends. His records show that he sold nearly 1000 paintings between 1826 and 1863, indicative of his astuteness as a businessman. He traveled throughout the United States, recording observations in his notebooks.... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Niagara Falls
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •John Wilmerding Collection
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts