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1801 Utica, New York - 1846 New York City. Known for: Portrait, landscape and genre-figure painting.
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman became the leading portrait painter of his time and was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there. He also painted idyllic... Read full biography
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman became the leading portrait painter of his time and was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there. He also painted idyllic landscapes, and some popular genre paintings that were engraved in books. He became the first vice-president... Read full biography
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman became the leading portrait painter of his time and was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there. He also painted idyllic landscapes, and some popular genre paintings that were engraved in books. He became the first vice-president of the National Academy of Design, and most of his short life was spent in New York City. For seven years, he was apprenticed to portraitist John Wesley Jarvis, and they worked in tandem with Jarvis... Read full biography
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman became the leading portrait painter of his time and was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there. He also painted idyllic landscapes, and some popular genre paintings that were engraved in books. He became the first vice-president of the National Academy of Design, and most of his short life was spent in New York City. For seven years, he was apprenticed to portraitist John Wesley Jarvis, and they worked in tandem with Jarvis painting the likeness and Inman finishing the canvas. On a visit to New Orleans in 1820 and 1821, they made $6000.00 from completing six portraits. In the mid to late 1820s, Inman married Jane Riker O'Brien and established his own studio in New York... Read full biography
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman became the leading portrait painter of his time and was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there. He also painted idyllic landscapes, and some popular genre paintings that were engraved in books. He became the first vice-president of the National Academy of Design, and most of his short life was spent in New York City. For seven years, he was apprenticed to portraitist John Wesley Jarvis, and they worked in tandem with Jarvis painting the likeness and Inman finishing the canvas. On a visit to New Orleans in 1820 and 1821, they made $6000.00 from completing six portraits. In the mid to late 1820s, Inman married Jane Riker O'Brien and established his own studio in New York City, and from 1826 to 1828, worked in partnership with his pupil Thomas Cummings. He received commissions to paint prominent New Yorkers... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
Art Media
- •Ivory
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •New Orleans Before 1940
- •Virginia Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Gerald Peters Collection
- •John F Eulich Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Portrait Miniatures
- •Portrait Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts