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1832 Yonkers, New York - 1918 Yonkers, New York. Known for: Skyscape-landscape, genre.
Landscape painter James Renwick Brevoort painted canvases with varying, but common to many of them was the changing of the seasons and the differing times of the day. He was best known for his use of... Read full biography
Landscape painter James Renwick Brevoort painted canvases with varying, but common to many of them was the changing of the seasons and the differing times of the day. He was best known for his use of perspective and for his treatment of landscapes in low color tones. He was born in Yonkers... Read full biography
Landscape painter James Renwick Brevoort painted canvases with varying, but common to many of them was the changing of the seasons and the differing times of the day. He was best known for his use of perspective and for his treatment of landscapes in low color tones. He was born in Yonkers Township, Westchester County, New York in 1832 and began his interest in sketching as a child, with works of rural Yonkers, Williamsbridge, and Fordham. He studied painting in the studio of then Vice... Read full biography
Landscape painter James Renwick Brevoort painted canvases with varying, but common to many of them was the changing of the seasons and the differing times of the day. He was best known for his use of perspective and for his treatment of landscapes in low color tones. He was born in Yonkers Township, Westchester County, New York in 1832 and began his interest in sketching as a child, with works of rural Yonkers, Williamsbridge, and Fordham. He studied painting in the studio of then Vice President of the National Academy of Design, Thomas Cummings, and later at several schools in Europe. At eighteen years of age, his study of architecture began at New York University's School of Design under the watchful eye of James Renwick, a cousin and... Read full biography
Landscape painter James Renwick Brevoort painted canvases with varying, but common to many of them was the changing of the seasons and the differing times of the day. He was best known for his use of perspective and for his treatment of landscapes in low color tones. He was born in Yonkers Township, Westchester County, New York in 1832 and began his interest in sketching as a child, with works of rural Yonkers, Williamsbridge, and Fordham. He studied painting in the studio of then Vice President of the National Academy of Design, Thomas Cummings, and later at several schools in Europe. At eighteen years of age, his study of architecture began at New York University's School of Design under the watchful eye of James Renwick, a cousin and prominent architect. He received his degree at NYU in 1854. Remaining in New York, his interest became centered on painting, and he exhib... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts