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1847 Oxford, England - 1928 Norwalk, Connecticut. Known for: Landscape, figure, genre and portrait painting.
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape... Read full biography
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut where he... Read full biography
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut where he was one of the founders of the Silvermine Art Guild in Norwalk. Hamilton Hamilton emigrated with his family to Cowlesville, New York, a rural community near Buffalo, when he was a child, but he spent... Read full biography
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut where he was one of the founders of the Silvermine Art Guild in Norwalk. Hamilton Hamilton emigrated with his family to Cowlesville, New York, a rural community near Buffalo, when he was a child, but he spent most of his life in Connecticut except for a few years around 1910 when he lived in Pasadena, California for his health. He was largely self-taught and pursued his artistic talents in spite of his parents' lack of encouragement. However, in 1870,... Read full biography
Of Scottish descent and born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became a renowned American landscape and portrait painter and illustrator. He traveled widely, which meant that his landscape subjects included France, England, the American West, and the states of New York and Connecticut where he was one of the founders of the Silvermine Art Guild in Norwalk. Hamilton Hamilton emigrated with his family to Cowlesville, New York, a rural community near Buffalo, when he was a child, but he spent most of his life in Connecticut except for a few years around 1910 when he lived in Pasadena, California for his health. He was largely self-taught and pursued his artistic talents in spite of his parents' lack of encouragement. However, in 1870, they financially supported his travels to Europe including France, where he studied in Paris. After two years, he was forced to retu... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Barnyard Fowl, Chickens, Poultry, Roosters
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Barbizon, France
- •California Before 1940
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Lake George, New York
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •Knockers Club, Silvermine CT
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Society of American Etchers/Brooklyn Society of Etchers
Art Teacher
- •William Merritt Chase
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Sherwood Studio Building, New York, Resident
Artist Colony
- •Silvermine Guild, Art Colony
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Silvermine Artists Guild
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts