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1834 Rochester, New York - 1894 Oakland, California. Known for: Tropical landscape, mountains, portrait.
Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived... Read full biography
Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in... Read full biography
Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in Sacramento and several trips to Latin America. His tropical landscapes were highly exotic subject in those days and first resulted from his trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York to California.... Read full biography
Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in Sacramento and several trips to Latin America. His tropical landscapes were highly exotic subject in those days and first resulted from his trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York to California. His South American subjects brought him patronage from wealthy Californians William Ralston and Henry Meiggs, and their financial support for projects promoting their businesses allowed him to make additional trips to South America in 1868 and 1875.... Read full biography
Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in Sacramento and several trips to Latin America. His tropical landscapes were highly exotic subject in those days and first resulted from his trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York to California. His South American subjects brought him patronage from wealthy Californians William Ralston and Henry Meiggs, and their financial support for projects promoting their businesses allowed him to make additional trips to South America in 1868 and 1875. Norton Bush was born in Rochester, New York and took his first art instruction from James Harris, a local artist. He also studied with Jas... Read full biography
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Keywords (30)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia
- •Tropical Landscape Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Lake Tahoe, California
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •South America
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Jasper Cropsey
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Kahn Collection
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •San Francisco Art Association