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1798 Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 1835 At Sea, East Coast. Known for: Portrait, marine, landscape and miniature painting.
The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:. John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area. His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:. John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area. His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and marine art, some with luminous qualities that gave special lighting effects to his subject. He also... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:. John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area. His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and marine art, some with luminous qualities that gave special lighting effects to his subject. He also produced ship ornaments and miniatures in his early years. Blunt was married in 1821, and in 1825, he opened an art instruction school in Portsmouth. John S. Blunt moved to Boston in 1831 and took up... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:. John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area. His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and marine art, some with luminous qualities that gave special lighting effects to his subject. He also produced ship ornaments and miniatures in his early years. Blunt was married in 1821, and in 1825, he opened an art instruction school in Portsmouth. John S. Blunt moved to Boston in 1831 and took up residence at 54 Cornhill. Many of John S. Blunt's family were seafaring people. His father was a ships captain. Other family members were also captains. Some experts in the field find his rendering of ships probably the most successful element of his... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2003, is from Mike Warren:. John S. Blunt was (1798-1835) was born in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area. His brief career consisted of portraits, landscapes, and marine art, some with luminous qualities that gave special lighting effects to his subject. He also produced ship ornaments and miniatures in his early years. Blunt was married in 1821, and in 1825, he opened an art instruction school in Portsmouth. John S. Blunt moved to Boston in 1831 and took up residence at 54 Cornhill. Many of John S. Blunt's family were seafaring people. His father was a ships captain. Other family members were also captains. Some experts in the field find his rendering of ships probably the most successful element of his work. His later works are thought of as improving as he matured. H... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Niagara Falls
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Nocturne Specialty
- •Portrait Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition of Museum
- •Boston Athenaeum