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1837 Youngstown, Ohio - 1907 Portland, Oregon. Known for: Survey, marine, landscape, coastals.
Born in 1837, in Youngstown, Ohio, Cleveland Rockwell was a marine survey illustrator, topographer, map maker and after the Civil War, a painter on the West Coast, doing coastal, ocean and river... Read full biography
Born in 1837, in Youngstown, Ohio, Cleveland Rockwell was a marine survey illustrator, topographer, map maker and after the Civil War, a painter on the West Coast, doing coastal, ocean and river scenes in oil and watercolor and ship portraits on commission. Early in his career, Cleveland Rockwell... Read full biography
Born in 1837, in Youngstown, Ohio, Cleveland Rockwell was a marine survey illustrator, topographer, map maker and after the Civil War, a painter on the West Coast, doing coastal, ocean and river scenes in oil and watercolor and ship portraits on commission. Early in his career, Cleveland Rockwell worked for the Coast Geodetic Department until the Civil War. One of his early projects was a survey of New York Harbor, and then beginning in 1857, he made a mapping tour of South America including... Read full biography
Born in 1837, in Youngstown, Ohio, Cleveland Rockwell was a marine survey illustrator, topographer, map maker and after the Civil War, a painter on the West Coast, doing coastal, ocean and river scenes in oil and watercolor and ship portraits on commission. Early in his career, Cleveland Rockwell worked for the Coast Geodetic Department until the Civil War. One of his early projects was a survey of New York Harbor, and then beginning in 1857, he made a mapping tour of South America including the charting of the Magdalena River in Colombia. He received childhood training in art and studied engineering at the Polytechnic School at Troy, New York and at the University of New York. Before the Civil War in his work for the Coast Geodetic... Read full biography
Born in 1837, in Youngstown, Ohio, Cleveland Rockwell was a marine survey illustrator, topographer, map maker and after the Civil War, a painter on the West Coast, doing coastal, ocean and river scenes in oil and watercolor and ship portraits on commission. Early in his career, Cleveland Rockwell worked for the Coast Geodetic Department until the Civil War. One of his early projects was a survey of New York Harbor, and then beginning in 1857, he made a mapping tour of South America including the charting of the Magdalena River in Colombia. He received childhood training in art and studied engineering at the Polytechnic School at Troy, New York and at the University of New York. Before the Civil War in his work for the Coast Geodetic Department, he was spotted as a talented cartographer. In this capacity, he served in the Union Army in many theaters. His service included wo... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Ship Portraits and Other Sea Vessels
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •California Before 1940
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Mount Hood
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •South America
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association