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1813 Roxbury, Massachusetts - 1888 Amesbury, Massachusetts. Known for: Lithography, structures-views.
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The firm... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The firm of Currier and Ives (1862-1901) issued lithographic portraits, views and pictorial records of... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The firm of Currier and Ives (1862-1901) issued lithographic portraits, views and pictorial records of sporting events and other happenings. In the 1850s-1860s, work on lithographic stone crowded out the wood block. Currier productions were often crudely executed but some beautiful prints did come from his... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The firm of Currier and Ives (1862-1901) issued lithographic portraits, views and pictorial records of sporting events and other happenings. In the 1850s-1860s, work on lithographic stone crowded out the wood block. Currier productions were often crudely executed but some beautiful prints did come from his presses. His shooting, fishing and racing prints furnish us with pictoral idea of American sports of the period. Nathaniel Currier was tall, blond and courtly and often posed for his own artists. He was better at business than art. James Ives was the... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The firm of Currier and Ives (1862-1901) issued lithographic portraits, views and pictorial records of sporting events and other happenings. In the 1850s-1860s, work on lithographic stone crowded out the wood block. Currier productions were often crudely executed but some beautiful prints did come from his presses. His shooting, fishing and racing prints furnish us with pictoral idea of American sports of the period. Nathaniel Currier was tall, blond and courtly and often posed for his own artists. He was better at business than art. James Ives was the brother-in-law of Nat Currier's brother. He was born in New York City on the grounds of Bellevue... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Art Collection
- •Green-Wood Cemetery Collection
- •Walter Bimson Western Art Collection
Added Description
- •Currier & Ives Artist
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC