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1828 New York City - 1896 Fordham, New York. Known for: Portrait, figure, still life and genre painting.
Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. But his fame did not last much... Read full biography
Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. But his fame did not last much beyond his death, and only a few historians know much about him. He was the son of artist Henry Inman... Read full biography
Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. But his fame did not last much beyond his death, and only a few historians know much about him. He was the son of artist Henry Inman (1801-1846), and was one of the founders and first vice-president of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He received his art training from his father, who died when the family was young and... Read full biography
Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. But his fame did not last much beyond his death, and only a few historians know much about him. He was the son of artist Henry Inman (1801-1846), and was one of the founders and first vice-president of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He received his art training from his father, who died when the family was young and left them destitute. His earliest work, which was of a conch shell, is dated 1846, shortly after his father's death. In 1852, he married and then later divorced C. Adeline Hedley. He began his career painting portraits and miniatures in his New York... Read full biography
Born in New York City, John Inman became an accomplished and famous artist in his time, earning his reputation for skilled portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. But his fame did not last much beyond his death, and only a few historians know much about him. He was the son of artist Henry Inman (1801-1846), and was one of the founders and first vice-president of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He received his art training from his father, who died when the family was young and left them destitute. His earliest work, which was of a conch shell, is dated 1846, shortly after his father's death. In 1852, he married and then later divorced C. Adeline Hedley. He began his career painting portraits and miniatures in his New York City studio and spent a summer in Savannah, Georgia, where he did a portrait of the President of the University.... Read full biography
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Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
Art Media
- •Ivory
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Fruit Still Life
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Portrait Miniatures
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists Fund Society-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum