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1852 Bridgeport, Connecticut - 1900 San Francisco, California. Known for: Landscape, genre and portrait painting.
A landscape and portrait painter who was a prominent part of the Northern California art scene in the late 19th century, Joseph Strong also was noted for his paintings in Hawaii including a large oil... Read full biography
A landscape and portrait painter who was a prominent part of the Northern California art scene in the late 19th century, Joseph Strong also was noted for his paintings in Hawaii including a large oil on canvas, "Japanese Laborers on Spreckelsville Plantation", 39 X 79. He was born in Bridgeport,... Read full biography
A landscape and portrait painter who was a prominent part of the Northern California art scene in the late 19th century, Joseph Strong also was noted for his paintings in Hawaii including a large oil on canvas, "Japanese Laborers on Spreckelsville Plantation", 39 X 79. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a Congregational minister at the Fort Street Church in Honolulu. He lived in Hawaii for several years as a child and then moved to Oakland, California in 1859. He was one of the... Read full biography
A landscape and portrait painter who was a prominent part of the Northern California art scene in the late 19th century, Joseph Strong also was noted for his paintings in Hawaii including a large oil on canvas, "Japanese Laborers on Spreckelsville Plantation", 39 X 79. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a Congregational minister at the Fort Street Church in Honolulu. He lived in Hawaii for several years as a child and then moved to Oakland, California in 1859. He was one of the first students in the California School of Design, studying with Virgil Williams. He painted a portrait of the mayor of Oakland that received so much acclaim that people raised enough money for him to study in Munich under Karl Von Piloty. He... Read full biography
A landscape and portrait painter who was a prominent part of the Northern California art scene in the late 19th century, Joseph Strong also was noted for his paintings in Hawaii including a large oil on canvas, "Japanese Laborers on Spreckelsville Plantation", 39 X 79. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of a Congregational minister at the Fort Street Church in Honolulu. He lived in Hawaii for several years as a child and then moved to Oakland, California in 1859. He was one of the first students in the California School of Design, studying with Virgil Williams. He painted a portrait of the mayor of Oakland that received so much acclaim that people raised enough money for him to study in Munich under Karl Von Piloty. He returned to California in 1879 and lived for several years in Monterey with his sister, Elizabeth, and became a part of the bohemian group of ar... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Volcanoes, Geysers-Geological Phenomena
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Lake Tahoe, California
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Northern California Before 1900
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
Art Teacher
- •Karl von Piloty
Art School
- •Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Royal Academy, Student
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Volcano School of Painting
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England