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1833 Norwich, England - 1905 London, England. Known for: Historical genre-figure, landscape and marine painting.
A leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and Europe, George Henry Boughton did scenes of England, Brittany and The Netherlands. He was also an illustrator of books by Washington... Read full biography
A leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and Europe, George Henry Boughton did scenes of England, Brittany and The Netherlands. He was also an illustrator of books by Washington Irving including "Rip Van Winkle" and "History of New York" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet... Read full biography
A leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and Europe, George Henry Boughton did scenes of England, Brittany and The Netherlands. He was also an illustrator of books by Washington Irving including "Rip Van Winkle" and "History of New York" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter.". Many of his works were small size, and he is primarily known for paintings that expressed sentimentality in soft, muted tones. Many of his subjects were rural, rustic figures. He spent only a small... Read full biography
A leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and Europe, George Henry Boughton did scenes of England, Brittany and The Netherlands. He was also an illustrator of books by Washington Irving including "Rip Van Winkle" and "History of New York" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter.". Many of his works were small size, and he is primarily known for paintings that expressed sentimentality in soft, muted tones. Many of his subjects were rural, rustic figures. He spent only a small portion of his life in the United States, but it was a formative period. Born near Norwich, England, in 1834, he was brought to America in 1839 by his parents when he was three years old and was raised in Albany, New York. Boughton taught himself to... Read full biography
A leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and Europe, George Henry Boughton did scenes of England, Brittany and The Netherlands. He was also an illustrator of books by Washington Irving including "Rip Van Winkle" and "History of New York" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter.". Many of his works were small size, and he is primarily known for paintings that expressed sentimentality in soft, muted tones. Many of his subjects were rural, rustic figures. He spent only a small portion of his life in the United States, but it was a formative period. Born near Norwich, England, in 1834, he was brought to America in 1839 by his parents when he was three years old and was raised in Albany, New York. Boughton taught himself to paint and was so good at it that, by the time he was 19 years old, he had earned enough through purc... Read full biography
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Keywords (47)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Colonial America
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Snowscene Specialty
- •Tenth Street Studio Building Resident, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts